Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Norfleet, Ethel M. Howell, 1927 

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ETHEL MURRAY HOWELL NORFLEET

  Mrs. Ethel Howell Norfleet, wife of Walter H. Norfleet of our town, died at 
her home in South High Street Monday afternoon, June 20, following a sudden 
attack sustained at the supper table Saturday evening. Mrs. Norfleet, who was in 
her 46th year, had been in poor health for some time, and her passing is 
sincerely deplored by a large circle of friends here and elsewhere. She was a 
woman of many fine traits and a consecrated member of the Franklin Christian 
Church, a tireless worker in several of its organizations so long as her health 
permitted, and was highly esteemed and loved. In addition to her church work, 
she was a member of the Woman’s Club of Franklin and took a prominent part in 
many community activities. Among other attributes was her love for and success 
with flowers for which she was noted in the town, and there have been few 
funerals indeed in Franklin where flowers have been so numerous and beautiful as 
those sent by friends in this occasion to one who in life loved and understood 
them so well.

   Mrs. Norfleet was the oldest child of J.R. Howell of Franklin, her mother 
dying in 1915. On June 20, 1906, she married Walter H. Norfleet, her death 
occurring on the twenty-first anniversary of their wedding. Besides her husband 
she is survived by four children, Cora, Louise, Jack, and Walter Norfleet, Jr.; 
by her father; two brothers, Dr. Carroll S. Howell of Marion, S.C., and Marshall 
Howell of Tamps, Fla., and by two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Burchette of Suffolk and 
Mrs. Geo. R. Brown of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held from Franklin Christian Church Tuesday afternoon 
at 4 o’clock by Rev. F.C. Lester, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of the Baptist Church. The choir sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and 
"Asleep in Jesus" and Joel Holland used as a solo "It is Well with My Soul." The 
church was crowded to capacity and a number were turned away. Interment followed 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the body bearers being: Geo. R. Brown, W.H. 
Burchette, L.B. Norfleet, J. Fenton Matthews, Roger I. Beale, W.H. Jones, F.E. 
Howell and Walter F. story. The honorary pallbearers were: W.C. Watson, F.F. 
Jenkins, J.E. Weede, Barclay Pretlow, Harry Steinhardt, G.G. McCann, G.G. Smith, 
R.A. Pretlow, J.O. Haslett, Dr. W.E. Snipes, Geo. R. Hayes, L.R. Jones, J.F. 
Bryant, Jr., E.P. Jones, P. R. Camp, R.A. Peters, J.B. Vaughan, J.B. Gay, 
Elliott L. Story, S.W. Rawls, E. Frank Story, George Watkins, J.A. Johnson, J.A. 
Williams, J.J. Pace, J.H.  Boyd, A.A. Cutchin, Dr. R.H. Cobb, Geo. H. Parker.

[Ethel Murray (HOWELL; Mrs. Walter H.) NORFLEET, d. 20 Jun 1927, Franklin, age 46, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, 21 Jun 1927, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 24, 1927] 

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