Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Ruth E., 1959 

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RUTH ESTELLE HOWELL 

Ruth E. Howell Succumbs Here 

   Miss Ruth Estelle Howell of 711 Gittings St., medical recording librarian 
at the old Lakeview Hospital from 1916 until her retirement in 1952, died at 
2 a.m. today at the Obici Memorial Hospital after a long illness. 

   She was better known to her many friends and acquaintances as "Miss Ruth." 

   Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral 
Home by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist Church and Dr. 
H.S. Hardcastle, pastor of Oakland Christian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. 

   Prior to 1916 Miss Howell was secretary and receptionist at the office of 
Dr. J.E. Rawls, Dr. David L. Rawls and Dr. D.L. Harrell when their office was 
located down town.  When the hospital was built in 1905 she became medical 
librarian at the hospital. 

   A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of the First Baptist 
Church, the Woman's Missionary Union of the church and a charter member of 
the Business and Professional Women's Club. 

   She was the daughter of the late George W. Howell of Gates County, N.C., 
and Louella Turnley Howell of Henrico County. 

   She is survived by two sisters, Miss Fannie B. Howell and Mrs. George A. 
Howerton Sr. of Suffolk, a brother, John A. Howell of Suffolk, and several 
nieces and nephews. 


Ruth Estelle HOWELL, retired Lakeview medical recording librarian*, 
b. 18 Sep 1880, Isle of Wight Co., d. 4 Sep 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 72*), Suffolk, 6 Sep 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 210, Fri., Sep. 4, 1959, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135595254. 

Her mother (1859 - 1919) is buried in the same lot, which Ruth owned. 

D.Cert. 23625 (Chuckatuck #232) gives retired historian. 

Her father (1847 - 1891) is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   near Carrsville. Beaver Dam list (BD-45), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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