Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, John R. Sr., 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN ROBERT ELLIS SMITHFIELD - Funeral services for John Robert Ellis, Sr., 72, will be held Thursday, at 2:30 p.m. in Colonial Funeral Home by Pastor Glenn A. Pittman. Burial will be in St. Luke's Memorial Park. Ellis died Monday in Riverside Hospital, Newport News. He was a native of Isle of Wight County and the husband of Cleo Holland Ellis. He was a retired mechanic of Kello Motor Co., Smithfield. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Other survivors include a daughter, Carl C. Irvine of Smithfield; a son John Robert Ellis Jr. of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; two sisters, Blanche Norfleet of Suffolk and Marie E. Munford of Smithfield; five grandchildren; and a great- grandchild. John Robert ELLIS, Sr., retired mechanic of Kello Motor Co., Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1981, Newport News, age 72, interred in St. Lukes Memorial Park (unmarked*), 12 Feb 1981, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 12, 1981, p. 6A *ELLIS misspelled "FILIS" in entry for John Robert & wife Cleo (HOLLAND), on Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#18): http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e420j1ob.txt