Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eure, Martha E. Lilley, 1930 

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MRS. MARTHA E. EURE 

  Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Eure, aged 84, widow of John Eure, died yesterday at 
9:45 o'clock p.m., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.J. Atkinson, 128 North 
street, after a long illness.  Mrs. Eure is survived by four daughters, Mrs. 
Mollie Collins, Mrs. J.P. Blanchard, both of Gatesville, N.C.; Mrs. E.W. 
Blanchard, of Sunbury, N.C., and Mrs. C.J. Atkinson, of Suffolk; two sons, 
J.E. and C.H. Eure, of Newport News; two brothers, Melvin and Tobe Lilly [sic; 
Lilley*], of Gatesville; 31 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and several 
nieces and nephews. 

  The funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the 
residence, 128 North street, conducted by Dr. H.J. Goodwin and Dr. W.W. 
Staley.  Interment in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


Martha Elizabeth (LILLEY; Mrs. John) EURE, retired farmer, 
b. 19 May 1846*, Gates Co., NC, d. 24 Oct 1930, daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 143*), Suffolk, 26 Oct 1930, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 8, No. 184, Sat., Oct. 25, 1930, p. 10 

*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 Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #134307770, which shows b. 15 May 1846. 

D.Cert. 23876 (Suffolk #331) also gives her maiden name as LILLY; 
   the informant was her daughter, Annie Sue (EURE; Mrs. Charles Jenkins) 
   ATKINSON. 

Martha's parents, James "Jim" & Lydia (HARRELL) LILLEY, m. 1842 in Gates Co., 
   NC. 

Martha appears in the 1900 Census - Hunters Mill, Gates Co., NC - 
   as b. Aug 1846; widowed; 7 of 9 children surviving; farmer; OFF #80. 

Annie's D.Cert. 67-011691 gives Martha's maiden name as PARKER. 

Annie & Charles are buried in Block H, Lot 147: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 


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