Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gardner, Ella J. Johnson, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ELLA JORDAN JOHNSON GARDNER MRS. ELLA J. GARDNER Funeral services for Mrs. Ella J. Gardner were conducted Dec. 11 at 11 o’clock at the grave in the Windsor Cemetery by the Rev. E.E. Henley, the Rev. W.V. Carroll, the Rev. J. McCauley and the Rev. H.C. Blackwell. The Methodist Church Choir accompanied by Mrs. C.F. Joyner, sang "I’m Going Home to Die No More" and "We’ll Never Say Good-by in Heaven." There were many floral tributes and the casket was covered with a pall of lilies and pink rosebuds. Active pallbearers were W.H. Carson, R.C. Eley, C.F. Joyner, S.E. Roberts, J.G. Roberts and W.J. Bradshaw. Ella Jordan (JOHNSON; Mrs. George N.) GARDNER, Nansemond Co. native, d. 14 Dec 1938, at home, Windsor, age 68, interred in Windsor Cemetery*, 16 Dec 1938, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Dec. 22, 1938, p. 1, col. 2 *Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #26: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Her parents, Jordan E. & Hester Ann (FERGUSON) JOHNSON are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block G, Lot 117. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g635e6ob.txt