Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Elliott, George W. September 30, 1937
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Norfolk Journal and Guide Saturday, Oct. 9, 1937
At a flower-banked grave in Calvary Cemetery late Sunday afternoon the final
chapter in the life story of Captain George W. Elliott was written.

With simple, but unusually impressive rites, all that was mortal of the
well-known musician, churchman, and fraternal leader was laid to rest as the
Excelsior Reed and Brass Band which he had directed for 39 consecutive years,
played a solemn requiem, and hundreds of Norfolk citizens whom he called
friends, stood by with tear-dimmed eyes.

In a procession blocks long, the funeral cortege led by a motorcycle escort had
come from St. John’s A. M. E. Church where the deceased had been described by
the Rev. J. A. Young, pastor, as a man who “wrought so well in this life among
his brethren in the community, with his family; in the home, with members of his
church, that in the evening of his life he was able to finish his work and go
home in a blaze of glory.”

Paying tribute to the deceased also was the Rev. M. A. Burgess, pastor of the
Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church of Newport News.

The deceased, a former mail carrier, retired from the Postal service in 1932
after thirty years service.  He joined the Eureka Lodge of Elks in 1918 and
served a term as exalted ruler in addition to holding many other positions in
the order.

He had been a member of the Excelsior Band for 47 years and for the past 39
years had served as it’s director, the fourth person to direct the historic
musical aggregation which  was first drafted for service during the
Spanish-American War.

Under Captain Elliott’s direction the band won the grand prize in the Elks
annual grand lodge convention parade in Boston in 1921 and was a serious
contender for top honors at every convention where it is seen and heard.

Captain Elliott died early Thursday morning of last week after an illness which
had kept him confined to his home at 726 Lexington St., for several months.  The
popular leader of the Excelsior Reed and Brass Band made his last public
appearance at St. Joseph’s Catholic School on June 14 of this year at a
reception in honor of Father Clarence Howard.

Surviving the deceased are his widow, Mrs. Elnora Elliott;  three sons, Messrs.
George Jr., Edward and Merritt Elliott, all of Norfolk;  three daughters, Mrs.
Emily Hamilton, New York City, Mrs. Marian Baker, Norfolk;  Miss Elnora Elliott,
Norfolk, and a sister, Mrs. Lottie Daniels of Newark, NJ.
(extracted from a news article in the Norfolk Journal and Guide dated Oct. 9,1937)


Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

ELLOTTE, GEORGE W    I17004     GUS    0    10/03/1937


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