Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Hope Ellington July 5, 1963
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The Virginian Pilot Saturday July 6, 1963
Mrs. Hope Ellington Townsend, 87, of 4202 Hall Drive, Great Bridge, died in a 
Norfolk hospital Friday at 7:15 p.m. after a long illness.
She was a lifelong resident of Norfolk County and South Norfolk, a daughter of 
Pheneas and Mrs. Martha C. Irving Alexandra, and the widow of Robert Joseph 
Townsend.
She was a member of Chesapeake Avenue Methodist Church, its Ladies Bible Class, 
Woman's Society of Christian Service, Friendship Chapter 57 of Order of Eastern 
Star, and Zulekia Shrine Court.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J.E. Fussell, and two sons, Russell I. Townsend 
and Webster M. Townsend, all of Chesapeake; five grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
A funeral service will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Francis A. Gay Funeral 
Home, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk.





Additional Comments:
Magnolia
Correct name for parents should be Pheneas Alexandra and Martha Cornelia Irving 
Ellington per death certificate and parents' tombstones.

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