Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Eley, Martha S. Johnson, 1940 

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MRS. SARAH JOHNSON ELEY 

  Mrs. Sarah Johnson Eley, 90, widow of W.H. Eley, died Sunday afternoon at 5 
o'clock at her home near Windsor. 

  Mrs. Eley is survived by one son, Sherman Roberts, and one daughter, Mrs. 
R.W. Whitehead; two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Holland, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. 
Melza Rose, of Morley; one brother, J.A. Johnson, of Carrsville. 

  Funeral services were conducted at Western Branch Baptist Church Tuesday at 
3 o'clock by the Rev. W.V. Carroll.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


"Mattie" Martha Sarah (JOHNSON; Mrs. William Henry) ELEY, 
b. 26 Apr 1849, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Mar 1940, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 2, Plot 8*), 
   5 Mar 1940, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 49, Thurs., Mar. 7, 1940, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #145169021. 

No D.Cert. found 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," May 29, 1933) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e400w2ob.txt 


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