Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Neely, Ethel January 10, 1943
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot January 11, 1943

                       ILLNESS IS FATAL TO MISS NEELY

             Prominent in Social, Musical and Educational Circles

Miss Ethel Neely, long prominent in the social, musical and educational life of 
Norfolk, died yesterday at 7:15 a.m. in a local hospital at the age of 72. 
She was the daughter of the late John Neely, who was a prominent Norfolk 
attorney until his death some 40 years ago, and Mrs. Mary Rayfield Neely.
A native of Accomack, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, she moved to Norfolk at 
the age of 15. She later took an active part in the social life of the city and 
in association with the late Miss Evelyn Henry Southall, conducted St. George's 
school, where many of today's prominent Norfolkians received their first 
schooling.
Miss Neely was one of the outstanding vocalists of the city for many years and 
in addition to choir work she took an active interest in promoting concerts and 
a better appreciation of music locally. She took a leading part in the old 
Norfolk Music Club, of which she was an officer.
For several years she was connected with St. Timothy's, a well known finishing 
school for girls at Catonsville, Md., but in recent years had returned to 
Norfolk and was making her home at 610 Pembroke Avenue at the time of her death.
She is survived by one niece, Miss Mary Neely Warrington, of San Francisco, and 
a number of cousins.
The body will remain at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments until tomorrow 
afternoon at 3 o'clock when it will be taken to Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 
where funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Moultrie Guerry, rector. 
Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.



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