Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wills, Mary E. Johnson, 1956 

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Mrs. Mary Wills Died Saturday 

  Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Johnson Wills, age 80 years, widow of the late Thomas 
Linwood [sic; Leonard] Wills, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.E. 
Dale, of Wilroy Rd., near Suffolk, at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. 

  She was the daughter of the late Eli B. Johnson and Kiseah Archer Johnson, 
both of Nansemond County. 

  She is survived by four daughters: Mrs. R.C. Mizelle, of Hampton; Mrs. E.E. 
Dale, RFD Suffolk; Mrs. J.F. Worrell, Sr., of Nansemond County; and Mrs. M.H. 
Robertson, of Windsor.  Also two sons: Curtis L. Wills and Henry E. Wills, 
both of Nansemond County; one brother, Mr. John Johnson, of Norfolk; 15 
grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; and several nieces. 

  She was the oldest member of Providence Methodist Church.  She was also a 
member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of Providence church. 

  The body was brought to the I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home where it will 
remain until Monday at 1:30 p.m., at which time it will be taken to the 
Providence Methodist Church to lie in state until time for the funeral. 

  Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. by the pastor, the Rev. Ward 
Donat, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian Church. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 


Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" (JOHNSON; Mrs. Thomas L.) WILLS, 
b. 27 Sep 1875, Nansemond Co., d. 25 Feb 1956, at daughter's home, near Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 6*), Suffolk, 27 Feb 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 48, Sun., Feb. 26, 1956, 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_v.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #242906903 [no photo] 

D.Cert. 4719 (Sleepy Hole #48) 

Her parents, Eli B. & Kissiah (ARCHER) JOHNSON, are buried in 
   Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Bethlehem list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 

Widower Eli m. "Keziah" 2 Apr 1857.  (Nansemond Co. M.Reg. 1857 #19) 

"Kesiah" JOHNSON (1840 - 1921) applied for a Confederate widow's pension 
   30 Mar 1907.  Her husband served as a private in Co. E, 6th VA Infantry. 


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