Isle of Wight County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Neblett, Mattie L. Eley, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. M. L. Neblett, Native of Zuni, Buried Tuesday Mrs. Mattie Lee Neblett, aged 79, widow of John R. Neblett, died at a Norfolk hospital Sunday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H.B. Odom, of Norfolk, and Miss Lillian Neblett of Staunton; three sons, George V. Neblett, of Murfreesboro; Jack M. Neblett, of Norfolk, and Fenlon L. Neblett, of Alexandria; a sister, Mrs. Percy Bradshaw or Zuni; a brother, John M. Eley, of Suffolk; seven grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Mrs. Neblett was a native of Zuni and had been a resident of Norfolk for 10 years and was a member of the Antioch Christian Church. Funeral services were conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial was in the Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. "Mattie" Martha Lee (ELEY; Mrs. John Robert) NEBLETT, of Norfolk, b. 4 May 1863, Zuni, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Sep 1942, Princess Anne Co., interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 15 Sep 1942, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 25, No. 27, Thurs., Sep. 17, 1942, p. 1 *Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #39183492. Her parents, George Washington & Martha Jane (ELEY) ELEY, are also buried there. D.Cert. 21015 (Kempsville #7) Her husband is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/n143m3ob.txt