Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, J. Adolphus, 1924 

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JULIAN ADOLPHUS ELEY 

SUFFOLK RESIDENT IS SUICIDE VICTIM 

J. ADOLPHUS ELEY, ILL SEVERAL MONTHS, TAKES LIFE WITH REVOLVER 

  Suffolk, July 22 - J. Adolphus Eley, well known resident of this city, 
took his life at noon today by shooting himself through the heart with a 
32 caliber revolver.  The tragedy occurred at the Eley home, 201 North 
Street.  Mr. Eley had been agitated during the morning but was apparently 
calmer when his wife went out of the room to the front of the house.  It 
was then that Mr. Eley went into the bathroom and ended his life. Mrs. 
Eley heard the report and rushed into the house to find her husband lying 
on the floor.  Dr. F.J. Morrison was summoned but life was extinct in a 
few minutes.  Mr. Eley was paralyzed a few months ago and since had been 
suffering from melancholia.  Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.

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  SUFFOLK, July 23 - funeral services for J. Adolphus Eley will be held 
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at Suffolk Christian Church by the Rev. 
Dr. W.W. Staley.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Julian Adolphus ELEY, retired jewelry store owner, 
b. 23 Jul 1860, Southampton Co. native, suicide 22 Jul 1924, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 115*), Suffolk, 24 Jul 1924, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 24, 1924; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), July 23, 1924 

*Buried in in-laws' plot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

His parents, James Monroe & Mary Magdaline (DARDEN) ELEY, are buried unmarked 
   in Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk. 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/magnolia/mag-e.html 


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