Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Ellis, Duke E., 1956 

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DUKE EDWARD ELLIS

RITES HELD TUESDAY FOR DUKE E. ELLIS

   Funeral services for Duke Edward Ellis, who died Sunday were conducted 
yesterday at 2:30 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home by the Rev. 
R. E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church, and the Rev. Harold C. 
Leake, pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness Church of Suffolk.  James P. 
Jernigan, accompanied by Mrs. Webb Pinner sang, "Beyond the Sunset", and a 
quartet composed of Mills Luter, Paul Parker, Jessie Mizelle and Harvey 
Harrell sang, "The Beautiful Land". The pall was of calla lilies, red 
carnations, and white snapdragons.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were Thomas Oliver, George Lewis Ellis, Earl Taylor, John Barnes, 
Jr., Alton Jones, Jr., W.H. Britton, Ernest Sitterson and Grover Welborn.


Duke Edward ELLIS, 
d. 11 Mar 1956, age 80, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Sect. 8, Block Q, Lot S 1/2-5*), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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


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