Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eure, Bertha L. Harrell, 1961 

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Mrs. Eure Dies In Hospital; Rites Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Lee Harrell Eure will be conducted Thursday 
at 2 p.m. in the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Carl Lee Ousley, pastor of the 
Holland Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Eure, 43, of Route 2, Holland, died Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Obici Memorial 
Hospital after a long illness.  She was hospitalized only two days. 

  A native of Nansemond County, she was a daughter of Mrs. Eva Turner Harrell 
and the late Charlie Hudson Harrell of Nansemond County.  She was a member of 
Colosse Baptist Church and was scout leader of Holland Girl Scout Troop. 

  Surviving are her husband, Joseph Allen Eure; one daughter, Miss Terry Anne 
Eure of the home; and two brothers, Clarence Hudson Harrell of Suffolk and 
Charlie Hudson Harrell Jr. of Portsmouth. 

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Mrs. Harrell [sic; Eure] Service Held 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Lee Harrell Eure were conducted Thursday 
afternoon at Hill Funeral home, by the Rev. C. Carl Dollar, pastor of the 
Holland Christian Church, and the Rev. Lee Ousley, pastor of the Holland 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Ellis Du Bose sang two selections, "Shall We Gather at the River" and 
"The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Claudia Jacobs. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red roses and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were William J. ny [sic], Bobby Jones, Curtis Holland, James 
Worrell, O.R. Turner Jr., Roosevelt Harrell, William Harrell and Roy Worrell. 


Bertha Lee (HARRELL LETTRES; Mrs. Joseph Allen) EURE, 
b. 30 Jan 1918, Nansemond Co., d. 5 Sep 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 7 Sep 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 211, Wed., Sep. 6, 1961, p. 3, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 213, Fri., Sep. 8, 1961, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 24050 (Chuckatuck #284), posted with Find a Grave Memorial #216193305, 
   by Beth O.  [no grave photo] 

Her widower (1922 - 1999) was an Army veteran of WW-II. 

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block S, Lot 42. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

She 1m. James Francis LETTRES (1907 - 1981), 27 Oct 1941 in South Mills, 
   Camden Co., NC; they div. in 1953.  He is buried with his mother in 
   St. Mary's Cemetery, Norfolk. 
   Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, St. Mary's list: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/stmarys/sm-leo-maf.html 


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