Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Minnis, Ernest Linwood August 3, 1895
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The Norfolk Virginian, Tuesday, August 6,1895
Funeral of Ernest Linwood Minnis

The funeral of Ernest Linwood Minnis, the son of Mr. Henry Minnis, foreman of
the Evening News, whose death was mentioned in The Virginian Sunday morning
last, took place from the residence of his parents on Church street, at 10:30
o’clock yesterday morning.  Rev. Dr. Coke Smith conducted the service.  There
were many floral tributes testifying the high esteem to which the dead boy was
held by those who knew him best.  The telegraph employees sent a cross;  from
the printers, a harp;  from the printers at Evening News office, a pretty
design;  from Mrs. Dezendorf, a pillow;  from Mrs. Bacchus, of Portsmouth, a
harp.  The pall bearers were Messrs. Sydney Tabb, Henry Hall, George Modlin,
James Shadbolt, Frank McKenna, Joseph Abdell, Harry Belote, Thomas Sandford,
Jesse Duffee, Olie Brown, Ernest Griggs and Howard Shannon.  The interment was
in Elmwood.


Additional Comments:
Elmwood Cemetery

MINNIS, E L I13047 Section ELM, Block 3RD A W, Lot 22, Space 4N 0 08/03/1895

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