Nansemond-Surry County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrison, Eva V. Scammell, 1946 

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Mrs. Harrison Dies During Visit 

  Mrs. Eva Virginia Harrison, wife of Mills N. Harrison, of 120 Hill Street, 
died yesterday while on a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Robert S. Jernigan, 
East Ocean View.  Mrs. Harrison had been in ill health. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Presbyterian Church and had engaged in the 
nursing profession for a number of years in Suffolk. 

  Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Miss Bennett 
Wilkinson, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Robert S. Jernigan. of East Ocean View; 
Mrs. James A. Pennington, of Hampton, and Miss Sarah Harrison, of Suffolk; a 
son, Stephen Wilkinson, of Newport News, and one grandchild; three sisters, 
Mrs. Agnes Atkinson, of Richmond; Mrs. Mary Price and Mrs. Emily Brown, of 
Suffolk. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home, where services will be 
conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. Graham MeChesney, of Suffolk 
Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. J. Gordon Riggan, of East Ocean View 
Presbyterian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Eva Virginia (SCAMMELL WILKINSON; Mrs. Mills N.) HARRISON, 
b. 25 Dec 1881*, Surry Co., d. 24 Oct 1946, Kempsville, Princess Anne Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 11*), Suffolk, 26 Oct 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 180, Fri., Oct. 25, 1946, p. 3 

*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 

He shares a gravestone with his wife & step-daughter Bennett Wilkinson. 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #92757686. 

Her widower's obit ("Portsmouth Star, Sep. 28, 1948, p. 18) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h625m7ob.txt 

Eva 1m. Edgar Clarence WILKINSON 30 Nov 1897 in Washington, DC. 
   She 2m. Mills 2 Jun 1910 in DC. 

D.Cert. 22638 (Kempsville #53) gives daughter of J.W. & Bettie (RIGGINS) 
   SCAMMELL. 

Rather, her father was William James SCAMMELL, who was a Confederate veteran, 
  having served as a private in Co. D, 10th Battalion VA Heavy Artillery. 

He 1m. Sarah Bennett RIGGINS, daughter of Samuel & Unity RIGGINS, 18 Apr 1858, 
  in Surry Co. 

Widowed, he 2m. widow Averilla Elizabeth "Bettie" (GOODRICH) CROPPER, 
   18 Dec 1881, in Surry Co.  Eva's birthdate conflicts with this date. 
   "Bettie RIGGINS" seems a combination of the names of these ladies. 

Moreover, William & Bettie appear in the 1900 Census - Bland Dist., 
   Prince George Co. - m. 19 years, with no children. 

Find a Grave Memorial #247569059 also conflates these ladies; it gives 
   Sarah Bennett (RIGGIN) SCAMMELL (1827 - 1917). 

William & "Bettie" are also buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery - Block G, Lot 143. 

William's obit ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Nov. 5, 1913, p. 10) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s254w1ob.txt 

Bettie's obits ("Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Oct. 3 & 5, 1917) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s254e1ob.txt 


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