Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, T. Jackson, 1948 

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T. Jackson Eley Dies Here at 81 

  Thomas Jackson Eley, 81, died at 1 o'clock this morning in a local hospital 
following an illness of several weeks.  He was the son of the late Richard and 
Elizabeth Eley, of Myrtle and for 35 years was bookkeeper for E.L. Folk 
Hardware Company. 

  Survivors include a son, Leland F. Eley, of Philadelphia, Pa.; a daughter, 
Mrs. Ernestine Parker, of Suffolk; two grandchildren, Jack and Bobby McCabes, 
of Suffolk; two brothers, Robert Lee Eley of Myrtle and W.H. Eley of Suffolk; 
two sisters, Mrs. S.M. Nelms, of Windsor and Mrs. Mollie Horton, of 
Whaleyville, and several nieces and nephews. 

  Mr. Eley was a member of the First Baptist Church.  Services will be held at 
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Baker Funeral Home.  Burial will he in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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Rites Held For Thomas J. Eley 

  Last rites for Thomas Jackson Eley, who died Monday at a local hospital 
following a short illness, were held yesterday afternoon at the R.W. Baker 
Funeral Home.  Dr. S.T. Habel officiated. 

  The pall was of white carnations and pink roses.  During the service Mrs. 
Helen Whitley played "In the Garden."  Pallbearers were George Hudgins, M.L. 
Bowden, Hugh C. Davies, H.T. Walker, P.M. Burton, George Smith, T. Myrick and 
Joseph Spivey, Sr. 

  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Thomas Jackson ELEY, retired bookkeeper, 
b. 26 Nov 1867, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Jan 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block F, Lot 53*), Suffolk, 7 Jan 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 242, Mon., Jan. 5, 1948, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 245, Thurs., Jan. 8, 1948, p. 1 

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

D.Cert. 1045 (Suffolk #6) 

He was the son of Richard & Elizabeth (HOLLAND) ELEY. 


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