Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, Nannie S. Briggs, 1904 

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  SUFFOLK, Va., June 20 - Mrs. Nannie Stuart Eley, wife of Mayor Adolphus S. 
Eley, died of cancer at 6 o'clock this evening, aged 52 years.  She was a 
sister of Professor William W. Briggs, principal of Locust Dale Academy; 
George and Ray Briggs, Norfolk; and of Mrs. Jennie DePass, of Spartanburg, 
S.C.  She was a sister of the late Merritt Briggs, an attorney, who dropped 
dead some years ago while making an eloquent speech in the courthouse.  Mrs. 
Eley was a daughter of Dr. George W. Briggs.

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SUFFOLK NEWS. 

  Suffolk, Va., June 21. - [...] 

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NEWS IN BRIEF. 

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  The funeral of Mrs. A.S. Eley will take place tomorrow at 11 o'clock from 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 


Nannie Stuart (BRIGGS; Mrs. Adolphus Seth) ELEY, 
b. 2 Jan 1852, Charlottesville, d. 20 Jun 1904, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 24*), Suffolk, 22 Jun 1904, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," June 21, 1904, 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #80159017 
   by Roger Harris (rogerharrisnyc@aol.com); 
"Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 58, No. 96, Wed., June 22, 1904, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #80159017. 

Her parents, Dr. George Washington & Mary Frances (WARD) BRIGGS, and 
   step-mother are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond. 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a surgeon in the 
   15th Alabama, 44th VA & 30th NC Infantry. 


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