Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Uzzle, M. Elizabeth Epps, 2014 

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MARTHA ELIZABETH EPPS UZZLE 

  Elizabeth Epps Uzzle passed away at the age of 91 on March 9, 2014 in 
Jacksonville, FL.  She was born in Ivor, Va. on September 27, 1922.  She 
graduated from Dendron High School.  She then worked for A.E.S. Stephens 
of Smithfield and later for a Richmond law firm.

  In 1947 [sic; 1948*], Elizabeth married Frederick Booth Uzzle, a Richmond 
television reporter.  Elizabeth and her husband lived in Arkansas City, AR; 
Raleigh, NC; Brunswick, GA and Jacksonville, FL.

  Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband; her parents, Joseph 
Carroll Epps Sr. and Ogie Felts Epps; and two sisters, Clarice Epps Rollings 
of Surry and Eleanor Epps Cornwell of Ivor.  She is survived by her children, 
Martha Jo Ann Bagley of Eagle Lake, TX and Ted Carlyle Uzzle of Chicago, IL. 
She is also survived by a granddaughter, Jon Kathreen Newman of St. Augustine, 
FL and great-granddaughter, Felicia Nicole Newman also of St. Augustine; two 
sisters, Roselyn Epps Moxley of Smithfield, Nancy Epps Bunn and her husband, 
Charles of Newsoms and a brother, Joseph Carroll Epps, Jr. and his wife, 
Carolyn of Wakefield.

  Memorial services were held in Jacksonville, FL and at Ivor United Methodist 
Church.  Burial was held in Mill Swamp Cemetery.  The family is being served 
in Virginia by R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home Wakefield Chapel. 


Martha Elizabeth (EPPS; Mrs. F. Booth) UZZLE, retired legal secretary, 
b. 27 Sep 1922, Ivor, Southampton Co., d. 9 Mar 2014, Jacksonville, FL, 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery**, 20 Dec 1972, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit 

*m. 29 Jan 1948 in Danville.  (M.Cert. #809; Richmond lic.) 

**Elizabeth died after the 2004 compilation of 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 
   Booth (1921 - 2001) isn't listed, either. 

Her parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery.  Wakefield list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Daily Press," June 3, 1994, p. 26) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e120o1ob.txt 

Booth's parents, John Anthony Sr. & Nina Beatrice (BOOTH) UZZLE, 
   & his step-mother are buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #90484335) 

While the (white) families in Isle of Wight Co. spell their surname UZZELL, 
   Booth's family was from NC & consistently used UZZLE. 


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/u240e3ob.txt