Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkinson, Elsie Taylor, 2000 

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ELSIE TAYLOR ATKINSON 

  Defeated only by cancer, Elsie Taylor Atkinson died Nov. 13, 2000, at her 
home.  She was 79. 

  Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Ralph B. Atkinson; a daughter, 
Joan A. Wolfe and her husband, William E. "Bill" Wolfe; a sister, Olivia T. 
McClaskey of Cape Coral, Fla.; a brother, Joseph L. Taylor of Cedarburg, Wis.; 
beloved grandsons, Stuart C. Crawford III and James R. Crawford; step 
grandchildren, N.B. Forrest Wolfe and his wife, Lisha, and great-
granddaughter, Peyton; Wendy W. Smith and her husband, William J. Smith III 
and great-grandchildren, Michael, Whitley and Jackson, all of Franklin; D. 
Justin W. Wolfe of Fort Worth, Texas; an aunt, Lettie Q. Gregory and cousins, 
Willis and Mary Gregory of Virginia Beach.  She was predeceased by her father, 
John Sullivan Taylor, and mother, Grace Q. Winn; two brothers, John S. Taylor 
Jr. and William T. Taylor; and a loving brother-in-law, Arrie J. McClaskey. 

  Mrs. Atkinson was an Episcopalian, a 1939 graduate of Cradock High School, 
Girl Scout Leader, and past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star, 
Chapter 128.  An avid golfer for the last 40 years, she was a founding member 
of the Cypress Grove Country Club Ladies Golf Association. 

  A graveside funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery by the Rev. James W. Browder III.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Wright Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, the 
family requests that memorial donations be made to the American Cancer 
Society, c/o Mrs. Ruth Petty, 116 Southampton Road, Franklin, VA 23851. 


Elsie (TAYLOR; Mrs. Ralph B.) ATKINSON, 
b. 10 Mar 1921, Norfolk Co., d. 13 Nov 2000, at home, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 3, Plot 176A*), Franklin, 
   15 Nov 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Nov. 14, 2000, p. B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar3.txt 

Her parents m. 1909 in Cradock, Norfolk Co., and div. in 1929. 

Her father is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. 

Her mother 2m. William J. WINN 1945, in South Mills, Camden Co., NC. 
   They are buried with his parents in All Saints Catholic Cemetery, 
   Portsmouth. 


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