Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, James C., 1955 

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J. C. Eley dies 
Suddenly while Visiting Suffolk 

  James Clifton Eley, long-time resident of Franklin, passed away suddenly 
this morning (Thursday) in Suffolk.  Mr. Eley has been in failing health for 
the past year. 

  He is survived by his wife, Jonnie Newsome Eley.  Mr. Eley's parents were 
Alpha O. and Eugenia Beale Eley of Isle of Wight County. 

  Mr. Eley is a member of the Congregational Christian Church of Franklin and 
was formerly employed by Jones-Hayes Company of Franklin. 

  Funeral arrangements were pending as The Tidewater News went to press. 
W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home will be in charge of the services. 


JAMES CLIFTON ELEY

   FRANKLIN, APRIL 9 - Funeral services for James Clifton Eley, who died 
Thursday were conducted today at 2:30 p.m. at the W.J.M. Holland and Sons by 
the Rev. Harvey L. Carnes, pastor of the Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church, and the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were, T.A. Darden, Vernon Cotton, W.H. Harris, Vaughan Beale, 
Emerson Jones, L.B. Norfleet, Carlton Hutchins and Hayes Holland.


James Clifton ELEY, salesman, 
b. 23 May 1893, Nansemond Co.*, d. 7 Apr 1955, age Suffolk, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 179A*), Franklin, 
   9 Apr 1955, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 50, No. 25, Fri., Apr. 7, 1955, p. 5; 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110738060. 

D.Cert. 8550 (Sleepy Hole #27) gives bu. Isle of Wight Co. 

His father (1858-1942) is buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His mother (1865-1908) is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   near Carrsville. {IWCHS GSSTF #42} 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-34), an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 


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