Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Eley, Robert L. Sr., 1956 

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ROBERT LEE ELEY

ROBERT LEE ELEY SUCCUMBS AT 92

   Robert Lee Eley, Sr., 92, died at 8 o’clock last night at the home of his 
son, R.L. Eley, Jr., in Nansemond County.  He was the son of the late Richard 
Eley and Mrs. Elizabeth Holland Eley.

   Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Marion E. Kinser, of Windsor, Mrs. 
Anne E. Boyce, Suffolk, Mrs. Florence Shaw, of Roanoke and Mrs. Maude E. 
Clark, Rampa, Florida; three sons R.L. Eley, Jr., Christie S. Eley, of Windsor 
and W. Richardson Eley,of Smithfield; 12 grandchildren, nine great 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   He was the oldest member of Western Branch Baptist Church and a member of 
the Men’s Bible Class of the church.

   Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Western Branch Baptist 
Church, the Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor and the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, retired, 
will officiate and burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The body will be 
taken to the church one hour prior to the service to lie in state.

   The family is requested to assemble at the home of Christie S. Eley.


Robert Lee ELEY, Sr., retired farmer, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 28 Jun 1956, at son's home, Nansemond Co., age 92, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, 1 Jul 1956, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," June 29, 1956 

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

His half-bro Richard F. ELEY is buried in an ELEY family cemetery, 
   on Old Myrtle Rd.  Nansemond Co. Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-30), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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