Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, Pattie M. Avis, 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PATTIE M. AVIS ELEY BRADSHAW Suffolk, Oct, 12 - Mrs. R.E. Bradshaw, who was accidently shot by her little year old son, Alton Eley, Saturday* while the child was playing with a .22 Winchester rifle, died today at the Virginia hospital. Mrs. Bradshaw, who was Miss Avis of Isle of Wight county, was 46 years of age, and is survived by her husband, R.E. Bradshaw, of the county, sons, Fulmer McAbee of the U.S.A., Ralph and Alton Eley and a little daughter Grace Eley, a sister in Florida and two brothers, one in Isle of Wight county and another in Florida. She was one of the best known women in the Chuckatuck district and was a leader in war work, and church and neighborhood activities. The funeral services will be held Monday at two o'clock at the grave at the Western Branch churchyard, conducted by Rev. Mr. Billings. Martha John "Pattie" (AVIS McABEE ELEY; Mrs. Robert E.) BRADSHAW, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Oct 1918, Suffolk, age 46, interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 10*), 14 Oct 1918, donated obit, newspaper unknown *Additional information: Western Branch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt Her monument shows "PATTY M. BRADSHAW." (Find a Grave Mem. #35827726) Buried with 2nd husband William J. ELEY (1875-1916); they m. 28 Dec 1898, in Nansemond Co. She had remarried 18 Jun 1918, in Suffolk. Her widower is buried in Windsor Cemetery. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #26: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Her D.Cert. (29009 {Suffolk #200}) states she was shot Friday the 11th. Her first marriage, to Jesse Fulmer MCABEE, has not been found (Oct 2019). Their son Fulmer was b. 12 Jan 1894 in Glenwood, FL. (source: WW-II draft registration) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b632p1ob.txt