Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ennis, Frank Gibbons, Sr. December 16, 1943
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Virginian-Pilot  December 17, 1943
FRANK G. ENNIS, 54, DIES AFTER SUDDEN ILLNESS

PRESIDENT OF PAPER COMPANY BEARING HIS NAME AND ATLANTIC BOOK STORE

Frank Gibbons Ennis, Sr., 54, founder and president of the Frank G. Ennis Paper 
Company and president of the Atlantic Book Store, Inc., died yesterday morning at 
5:52 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital of an illness with which he was stricken suddenly 
late the night before.

Mr. Ennis, who died on his birthday, had just returned from a business trip 
through New England and seemed in the best of spirits, associates said.

Born in Norfolk, the son of the late John Wesley and Mrs. Catherine Dennis Ennis, 
he had lived here all his life, residing at 2800 Chesapeake Boulevard at the time 
of his death.  Mr. Ennis was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Holy Name 
Society of that church, the Knights of Columbus, Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B. P. O. 
Elks, the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and the National Paper Trade Association.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Sykes Ennis; two sons, Frank G. Ennis, 
Jr., and Robert Lee Ennis; a daughter, Miss Mary Louise Ennis; two brothers, 
Joseph B. Ennis and Edward V. Ennis, and two grandchildren, all of Norfolk.

The body will be taken from the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial 
Avenue, to St. Mary's Catholic Church for funeral services tomorrow morning at 10 
o'clock.  Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Rosary services will be held 
tonight at 8 o'clock in the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments.

DEATHS

At a local hospital, Thursday, December 16th, 1943, at 5:52 o'clock a.m., Frank 
Gibbons Ennis, Sr., husband of Mrs. Carrie Sykes Ennis and son of the late John 
Wesley and Mrs. Catherine Dennis Ennis, aged 45 years.  Remains will be taken from 
the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, No. 1501 Colonial Avenue, to St. Mary's 
Catholic Church for funeral services Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.  Friends of 
the family are invited to attend.  Interment, St. Mary's Cemetery.

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