Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Ellis, Elizabeth Rawles, 1956 

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ELIZABETH RAWLES ELLIS

MRS. ELLIS, 79, SUCCUMBS HERE

   Mrs. Elizabeth Rawles Ellis, 79, widow of the late Wilson Ellis of Suffolk, 
died at Obici Memorial Hospital, 7:10 p.m. Friday after a long illness.

   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Ellis of Portsmouth and Mrs. 
R.D. Carter, Suffolk; five sons, Harry Ellis, Buckhorn, Frank Ellis, Suffolk, 
Raleigh Ellis, Nansemond Co., Ernest Ellis, Norfolk and Wilson Ellis of 
Nansemond Co.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Emma Goodman, Holland and Mrs. Ethel 
Davidson, Portsmouth, 47 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and several 
nieces and nephews.

   She was a member of the Bethlehem Christian Church and the oldest and a 
charter member of the Home League of the Salvation Army.

   Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Christian 
Church by Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor, and Lt. Harold Brenson of the Salvation 
Army. Burial will be in the Rawles Cemetery, Nansemond Co.  Mrs. Ellis will be 
taken from the Baker Funeral Home to the church one hour prior to the funeral.


Elizabeth Caroline (RAWLES; Mrs. Wilson) ELLIS, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 10 Aug 1956, Suffolk, age 79, 
interred in the RAWLES-ELLIS family cemetery*, Manning Rd., 13 Aug 1956, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Aug. 13, 1956 

*Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-19), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 


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