Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, J. Henry, 1926 

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JOSEPH HENRY ELEY

   Joseph Henry Eley died at his home near Franklin December 23, 1926, in his 
75th year.  Mr. Eley was a well known citizen and farmer and had spent 
practically all of his life in the community.  He was an earnest conscientious 
man, a hard worker and was content to give of his best to his family and his 
farm, being unostentatious in his living and a useful and neighborly man among 
his people.

   Unusually healthy for the greater part of his life, his health failed about 
nine years ago and he had been a great sufferer for the last four or five 
years, bearing it with Christian patience and fortitude.  Mr. Eley was for 
many years a faithful member of Bethany Christian Church and when that 
organization was disbanded moved his membership to the Franklin Christian 
Church, always attending its services until ill health prevented.

   He was a devoted, kind and loving husband and father and is survived by his 
widow, who was Miss Helen Councill; by three sons, J.T. Eley of Suffolk, John 
L. Eley and Presley L. Eley of this community; one daughter, Mrs. T.A. 
Gillette of Franklin 14 grandchildren and two brothers, Geo. T. Eley of 
Suffolk and James E. Eley of Philadelphia.

   Funeral services were held from his home Friday, December 24, at 11 o’clock 
a.m. by his Pastor, Rev. F. C. Lester, and interment was made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery here.


Joseph Henry ELEY, farmer, 
d. 23 Dec 1926, near Franklin, age 73*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 93A), Franklin, 
   24 Dec 1926, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1937, p. 8 

*While obit gives age 75, SCHS Cemetery Project gives 1852-1926. 
    There was also a typo in the obit, giving death in 1936.
    Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list:
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 


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