Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Phelps, Emma A. Leary, 1961 

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Mrs. Emma Phelps Funeral Friday 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Ardee Leary Phelps will be conducted Friday 
at 4 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. John F. Carroll, pastor of 
Magnolia Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Phelps, 80, died yesterday at 2:05 p.m. at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. H.F. Green, 1062 East Pinner Street, after an illness of three months. 

  A native of Washington County, N.C., she was the widow of John Wilson Phelps 
and a daughter of Henderson McDuffy Leary and Mrs. Malissa Davenport Leary of 
Washington County.  She was a member of Beasley Christian Church, Beasley, 
N.C. 

  Besides her daughter, surviving are two sons, Rhea C. Phelps Sr., and Grady 
W. Phelps of Nansemond County; one brother, Luther A. Leary of Plymouth, N.C.; 
one half sister, Mrs. Chester L. Dunlow of Winton, N.C.; two half brothers, 
Mack Leary and Richard Leary of Aulander, N.C; and seven grandchildren. 


Emma Ardee (LEARY; Mrs. John Wilson) PHELPS, 
b. 9 May 1881, Skinnersville, Washington Co., NC, d. 23 May 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 36*), Suffolk, 26 May 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 123, Wed., May 24, 1961, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

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

She shares monument with her daughter Addie Blanche (PHELPS; Mrs. Peter 
   Gregory) SHEA (1903 - 1947). 

Addie's husband (1854 - 1928) is buried with his second wife (1870 - 1919) 
   in Block F, Lot 148: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

A photo of Emma's gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #163451666, which gives Emma R.D. 

D.Cert. 12564 (Suffolk #16) 

Her husband (1861 - 1928) is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. 

Her father (1848 - 1920) is buried in Holly Neck Church Cemetery, Plymouth, 
   Washington Co., NC.  He was a Federal veteran, having served in Co. L, 
   1st NC Infantry.  He applied for a pension 11 Aug 1890. 

Her mother (1850 - 1888) is buried in the Albridgston HASSELL family cemetery, 
   Skinnersville, Washington Co., NC. 

Her step-mother "Sadie" Sarah Isabella Ann (CLIFTON) LEARY (1870 - 1954) 
   2m. John William MITCHELL in 1922.  She is buried in Edgewood Cemetery, 
   Windsor, Bertie Co., NC.  Se applied for a pension 24 Jul 1920. 


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