Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, Dr. Lemuel L., 1954 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

DR. LEMUEL LESLIE ELEY 

DR. L.L. ELEY, 83 OF CHUCKATUCK, DIED AUGUST 20 

  Dr. Lemuel Leslie Eley, 83, lifelong resident of Chuckatuck, died August 20, 
1954, at 12:30 p.m. at Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

  Dr. Eley had been in failing health for the last year but had continued 
active until a few days before his death.

  He had practiced medicine in Nansemond County for 63 years, initially at 
Crittenden, and later in Chuckatuck.

  He was graduated from the old Suffolk Military School and from the Medical 
School of the University of Maryland.

  He was a member of the Benns Methodist Church, the American Medical 
Association, the Chuckatuck Ruritan Club, Crittenden Red Med's Lodge, and for 
a number of years was a member of the Nansemond County School Board.

  He was a son of Benjamin Claudius and Mrs. Eugenia Cowling Eley.

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura Cunningham Eley; two daughters, Mrs. 
Edith Thacker, of Norfolk and Mrs. Eugenia Stroupe of Eogalusa, La.; one son, 
L.L. Eley Jr. of Buena Vista and one brother, Thomas Eley, of Baltimore, Md., 
and two grandchildren.

  Funeral services were conducted Sunday, August 22, 1954, at 4 p.m. at Benns 
Methodist Church by the Rev. I.W. Johnson and the Rev. Ray Carson.

  Burial was in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were W.G. Saunders, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., G.L. Gwaltney, Carter 
Harrison, Frank Spady, Hardee Gilliam, C.C. Johnson, and H.W. White.  Friends 
of the family served as honorary pallbearers.


Dr. Lemuel Leslie ELEY, Crittenden & Chuckatuck physician, 
lifelong resident of Chuckatuck, d. 20 Aug 1954, Suffolk, age 83, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery*, Chuckatuck, 22 Aug 1954, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 38, No. 11, Aug. 26, 1954, p. 1, col. 3 

*His parents are buried there also. 
   Wesley Chapel list (WC-7), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt 

Pallbearer Mills E. Godwin, Jr. was a State Senator at the time, and later 
   served two terms as Governor.  He is quoted in an article in col. 4 - 
   "Tolls May Go From Two Bridges, Says Mills Godwin." 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/e400l4ob.txt