Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shearin, E. Victoria Gillette, 1974 

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ELLA VICTORIA GILLETTE SHEARIN 

  SMITHFIELD - A funeral service for Mrs. Victoria Gillette Shearin, 57, was 
held Wednesday, March 13, in Trinity United Methodist Church.

  Burial was in St. Luke's Memorial Park with Colonial Funeral Home in charge.

  Pallbearers were: Amos L. Capps, Henry Turnbull, Ben Gillette, Howard W. 
Gwaltney Sr., John T. Jenkins, Stockton E. Wright, Rodham T. Delk and Jon 
Bolling.

  Mrs. Shearin of 213 S. Mason St. died Monday morning in her home.

  A native of Southampton County she was the wife of Walter H. Shearin.

  She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, a past president of the 
United Methodist Women.

  She was a retired school teacher of Isle of Wight county schools and the 
Isle of Wight Academy.

  She was a graduate of Longwood College.

  Beside her husband, survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Evely Neal Shearin, 
Smithfield; one sister, Mrs. Betty F. Heald, Fairfax; three brothers, James T. 
Gillette Jr., and R. Tunbull Gillette, Courtland and Joseph P. Gillette, 
Roanoke; and a stepmother, Mrs. James T. Gillette, Courtland.


Ella Victoria (GILLETTE; Mrs. Walter) SHEARIN, retired IoW school teacher, 
b. 1 Apr 1916, Southampton Co., d. 11 Mar 1974, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 13 Mar 1974, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1974, p. 3B 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her parents & stepmother are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - 
   Episcopal Sect., Plot 8. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 23, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430j2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 8, 1927, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430e1ob.txt 


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