Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brantley, Elizabeth I. Ellis, 1959 

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ELIZABETH IRENE ELLIS BRANTLEY 

   Mrs. Lizzie Ellis Brantley, 57, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 
John Cross, Jr., 602 Maryland Ave., Suffolk, Tuesday night.

   A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of James L. and Annie 
Scarbrough Ellis and a member of the Black Creek Baptist Church.  She was 
the wife of Richard O. Brantley.

   Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs. Cross, she is survived by a second 
daughter, Miss Irene Brantley of Franklin; six sons, Clarence Owen Brantley 
of Newport News, Marvin E. Brantley, Calvin Brantley and Floyd Brantley of 
Franklin, Alfred Brantley, USN, of Panama, and Richard A. Brantley, USS 
Boston; her stepmother, Mrs. Etta Ellis of Zuni; a sister, Mrs. Hazel Vasser 
of California; two brothers, John Ellis of Newport News and Lyman Ellis of 
Bristol, Nenn.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Bertha Brown and Mrs. Ruby Beale of 
Zuni and Mrs. Myrtle Raiford of Franklin; three half-brothers, Carlton Ellis 
and Walter Ellis of Zuni and Joseph Ellis of Norfolk; and four grandchildren.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.

   Funeral services are pending until the arrival of the son from Panama.

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Funeral Pending For Mrs. Brantley 

  FRANKLIN - Mrs. Lizzie Ellis Brantley, 57, died at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. John Cross Jr., 602 Maryland Ave., Suffolk, Tuesday night. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of James L. and Annie 
Scarborough Ellis and a member of the Black Creek Baptist Church.  She was 
the wife of Richard O. Brantley. 

  Besides her husband and daughter, Mrs. Cross, she is survived by a second 
daughter, Miss Irene Brantley of Franklin; six sons, Clarence Owen Brantley 
of Newport News, Marvin E. Brantley, Calvin Brantley and Floyd Brantley, USN, 
of Panama, and Richard A. Brantley, USS Boston; her stepmother, Mrs. Etta 
Ellis of Zuni; a sister, Mrs. Hazel Varner of California; two brothers, John 
Ellis of Newport News and Lyman Ellis of Bristol, Tenn.; three half-sisters, 
Mrs. Bertha Brown and Mrs. Ruby Beale of Zuni and Mrs. Myrtle Raiford of 
Franklin; three half-brothers, Carlton Ellis and Walter Ellis of Zuni and 
Joseph Ellis of Norfolk, and four grandchildren.  The body was taken to the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home here. 


"Lizzie" Elizabeth Irene (ELLIS; Mrs. Richard Owen) BRANTLEY, 
b. 6 Sep 1901, Southampton Co., d. 23 Jun 1959, at daughter's home, Suffolk, 
interred in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery*, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 25, 1959, Sect. I, p. 4; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 150, Thurs., June 25, 1959, p. 11 

*Additional information: 

Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-15 & -18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #56368426, which gives b. 6 Sep 1902. 

D.Cert. 14986 (Suffolk #35) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 18, 1970) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653r7ob.txt 


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