Newport News City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Little, Adelaide L. Parr, 1944 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

Mrs. E. P. Little, 81, To Be Buried Wednesday, Feb. 9 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Emmet [sic; Emmette] Parr Little, 81, native of 
Suffolk, and a former resident of Smithfield, who died Sunday night in Newport 
News, where she has resided since 1918, will be held on Wednesday, February 
9th, at 2:30 PM at her residence, The Wellington Apartments, West Avenue, 
Newport News. 

  The deceased is survived by six daughters, Mrs. E. Arthur Gee, Jr., Mrs. 
Lois E. Grinnan, Mrs. E. Rutledge Savage, Mrs. Willis T. Chapman, Sr., Mrs. 
Leslie Johnson, Mrs. A.R. Eley, of Newport News, Mrs. R.J. Fairbank, New York; 
two sons, Royall Little, Benn's Church, and Vance Little, Newport News; one 
sister, Mrs. Hattie F. Holland; two nieces, Mrs. C.E. Rudolphi and Virgie 
Leggett, of Norfolk; eighteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. 

  The deceased was the wife of the late Emmette W. Little of Smithfield. 


Adelaide Lee (PARR; Mrs. Emmette W.) LITTLE, of Newport News, 
b. 29 Jul 1862, Suffolk, d. 6 Feb 1944, Newport News, 
interred in Greenlawn Memorial Park*, Newport News, 9 Feb 1944, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 46, Tues., Feb. 8, 1944, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #84457886. 

His parents, John Slathern & Cora Virginia (PERKINSON) HARDY, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 2964 (Newport News #87) 

Her father, Jordan W. PARR, d. 30 Aug 1871 in Norfolk of "Variloid" 
   [small pox].  The Isle of Wight Co. D.Reg. (1871 #36) actually gives 
   Jordan A. 

Her widowed mother, Mary Emily (VELLINES) PARR (1837 - 1923), daughter of 
   Abram R. & Mary A. (STEPHENSON) VELLINES, 2m. Jno.R. GWALTNEY, 5 Jun 1879. 
   She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. 
   NorfolkCity Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries, Elmwood list: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwood/elm-griffith-gy.html 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/newportnews/obits/l340a3ob.txt