Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wellons, Ernest L., 1968 

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ERNEST LEE WELLONS 

  ZUNI - Ernest Lee Wellons, 63, of Zuni, died Tuesday at the Newport News 
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.

  A native of Sussex County, he was an Isle of Wight County resident most 
of his life.

  He was a machinist for the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. for 
35 years.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Levell Harris Wellons; one brother, 
Arthur Wellons of Spring Grove; and one nephew.

  A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Purviance 
Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Harry Christie, pastor of the Bethany 
Presbyterian Church, Zuni.

  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk.

  The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of 
contributions to the building fund of Bethany Presbyterian Church. 

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ERNEST LEE WELLONS 

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Ernest Lee Wellons is scheduled for 2 p.m. 
Thursday in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Harry Christie 
of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, 
Suffolk.

   Pallbearers will be John Hall Jr., J.R. Bowden, H.W. Bowden, T.M. Carr 
Jr., William Uzzle [sic; Uzzell], J. Louis Umphlette, Earl Strictland and 
C.N. Johnson.

   Wellons, 63, died Tuesday at work at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock 
Co. after a brief illness.

   A native of Sussex County, he was the husband of Mrs. Lenell Harris Wellons 
and a son of Joseph and Mrs. Anna Wellons.

   He was a machinist at the shipyard 35 years and lived in Isle of Wight 
County.

   Besides his widow, surviving is a brother, Arthur Wellons of Spring Grove.


Ernest Lee WELLONS, of Zuni, shipyard machinist, 
b. 15 Nov 1904, Sussex Co., d. 14 May 1968, at work, Newport News, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 16 May 1968, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 16, 1968, p. 3 

*Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 7, 1957, I-7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w452j13o.txt 


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