Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Ella J. Drake, 1936 

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ELLA DRAKE BEALE 

  Franklin, Dec. 7 - Mrs. Ella Beale, wife of Mills Beale, Sr., well-known 
resident of Franklin community, died this morning at her home after an illness 
of a few weeks.  Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Irvin D. 
Beale, of Petersburg, Emmett and Mills Beale, Jr. of Franklin; three 
daughters, Mrs. Walter Cobb, of Sedley; Mrs. Joseph Cutchins and Mrs. Lucius 
Blythe, of Franklin and a number of grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Franklin Christian 
Church at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, Dr. Elwood W. Jones and the 
Rev. I.W. Barkley, of Petersburg.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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ELLA DRAKE BEALE

   Mrs. Ella Beale, wife of Mills Beale, Sr. well-known resident of Franklin 
community, died Monday, December 7, at her home after an illness of a few 
weeks.  Besides her husband she is survived by three sons, Irvin D. Beale of 
Petersburg, Emmett and Mills Beale, Jr. of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. 
Walter Cobb of Sedley and Mrs. Joseph Cutchins and Mrs. Lucius Blythe of 
Franklin and a number of grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Franklin Christian 
Church at 2:30 o’clock conducted by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, Dr. Elwood W. Jones 
and the Rev. I.W. Barkley of Petersburg.  Burial was made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, the active pallbearers being E.L. Beale, Vincent Lankford, Geo. H. 
Parker, Tony Cobb, Harvey Cutchins, E.J. Wallace of Petersburg, Johnie and 
Morris Cotton of Portsmouth.

   The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies and pink roses.

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ELLA DRAKE BEALE

  Franklin, Dec. 12 - Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Beale, wife of Mills 
Beale, were held from the Franklin Christian Church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 
o’clock by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, Dr. Elwood Jones and the Rev. I.W. Barkley, 
of Petersburg.  Mrs. Beale is survived by her husband; three sons, Irvin D. 
Beale, of Petersburg; Emmette and Mills, Jr., of Franklin; three daughters, 
Mrs. Walter Cobb, of Sedley; Mrs. Joseph Cutchins and Mrs. Lucius Blythe, of 
Franklin, and a number of grandchildren.  Burial was made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, Franklin.


Ella J. (DRAKE; Mrs. Mills Sr.) BEALE, 
d. 7 Dec 1936, at home, near Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 23*), Franklin, 8 Dec 1936, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 8, 1936, p. 15; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 11, 1936, p. 1; 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 13, 1936, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

*Additional information: 

Mills Beale, 27, Single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Harrison & Tabitha Beale, Farmer 
Ella J. Drake, 20, Single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Thos.H. & Mary J. Drake 
m.lic. 31 Jan 1888, by clerk B.F. McLemore 
m. 1 Feb 1888, at the residence of the bride, by J.T. Kitchen 
(Southampton Co. MB6:287) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 28, 1939, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400m8ob.txt 


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