Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Willie M. Ellis, 1988 

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WILLIE ELLIS POWELL

   Mrs. Willie Ellis Powell, 80, of 1300 Holland Rd., died Aug. 30, 1988, in 
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.  A native of Suffolk, she was the widow of 
John Pipkin Powell, and daughter of the late Benjamin Cutchin Ellis Sr., and 
Sallie Eure Ellis.

   She and her late husband operated The Pastry Shop for 30 years.  They had 
retired in June of 1971.  She was a member of Main Street United Methodist 
Church, its Wesley Bible Class, and Circle No. 1.

   Survivors include a daughter, Marlene Bryant of Suffolk; two brothers, M. 
Woodrow Ellis of Kill Devil Hills, N.C. and B.C. Ellis Jr. of Suffolk; and a 
granddaughter.

   The funeral will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in  R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home by the Rev. David B. Lewis.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery.

   Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad. 
The family will receive friends at 103 St. Anne Ave.


Willie Mae (ELLIS; Mrs. J. Pipkin) POWELL, retired Pastry Shop operator, 
Suffolk native, d. 30 Aug 1988, Suffolk, age 80, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 5*), Suffolk, 1 Sep 1988, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Her parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 22, 1979, p. 74) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p400p4ob.txt 


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