Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Emma Bell, 1956 

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EMMA BELL THOMAS 

MRS. S.E. THOMAS BURIED MARCH 18TH AT MILL SWAMP 

  Mrs. Emma Bell Thomas, 86, died Friday, March 16, 1956, in Norfolk hospital 
after a long illness.

  A native of Surry County, she had lived in Isle of Wight County most of her 
life, until moving to Portsmouth ten years ago to live with a daughter, Mrs. 
Bessie T. Webb.  She was a member of the Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church.

  The widow of Samuel Edwin Thomas, she was a daughter of William Thomas and 
Eugenia Cockes Bell.

  In addition of Mrs. Webb, she is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. Emily 
McEnerney of Smithfield and Mrs. Irene T. Buhls of Ivor; a step-daughter, Mrs. 
Mary Story of Petersburg; a step-son, Willie J. Thomas of Newport News; a 
sister, Mrs. J.S. Vellines of Suffolk and a brother, C.W. Bell of Keller.

  Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Bullock 
Funeral Home by the Rev. Dr. Clayton R. Pitts, pastor of Port Norfolk Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in Mill Swamp Cemetery.


Emma (BELL; Mrs. Samuel E.) THOMAS, of Portsmouth, 
formerly of Isle of Wight Co., 
Surry Co. native, d. 16 Mar 1956, Norfolk, age 86, 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 18 Mar 1956, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 43, Mar. 22, 1956 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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