Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harrison, Nellie M. Johnson, 1971 

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MRS. NELLIE J. HARRISON 

  Mrs. Nellie Johnson Harrison, 72, died Friday in Obici Memorial Hospital 
after a three-month illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she was the widow of Grover T. Harrison 
and a member of the Antioch Baptist [sic; Christian] Church at Windsor. 

  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hettie J. Spain of Suffolk and several 
nieces and nephews. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Purviance 
Funeral Chapel in Wakefield.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery in 
Suffolk. 

  The Rev. Larry McCall and the Rev. Erold Lotridge will conduct the service. 

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NELLIE MAE JOHNSON HARRISON 

   A funeral service for Mrs. Nellie Johnson Harrison, 72, of Zuni was held 
Monday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Larry 
McCall and the Rev. Erold Lotridge.

   Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.

   Pallbearers were Willie Wayne Chapman, L.C. Johnson, Fred T. Worrell, 
Richard J. Holland, John M. Patterson, G.W. Morgan and C.M. Butler.

   Mrs. Harrison died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of James Thomas and 
Mrs. Mary Horne Johnson and the widow of Grover T. Harrison.

   She was a member of Antioch Christian Church, Windsor.

   She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hattie J. Spain of Suffolk.


Nellie Mae (JOHNSON; Mrs. Grover Thomas) HARRISON, 
b. 24 Feb 1899, Isle of Wight Co., d. 5 Mar 1971, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery (Block E, Lot 1*), Suffolk, 8 Mar 1971, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 56, Sun., Mar. 7, 1971, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 11, 1971, p. 7 

*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 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #52067650. 

D.Cert. 71-009457 

Her husband's obits ("Norfolk Ledger Dispatch," "Tidewater News," & 
   Purviance Funeral Home, Aug. 1967) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h625g1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#20): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h625n2ob.txt