Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, John L., 1953 

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JOHN LEE ELEY

   John Lee Eley, 73, retired farmer, died at his home on N. High Street early 
Saturday morning, October 10, after several months of failing health.

   The husband of Mrs. Pauline Lankford Eley of Franklin, he was the son of 
the late Joseph Henry and Virginia Councill Eley of this county.  A member of 
the Sycamore Baptist Church, he had made his home in Franklin since 1934.

   In addition to his wife he is survived by one daughter, Miss Pauline 
Elizabeth Eley of Franklin; four sons, Jasper Eley of Jackson, N.C., and John 
L. Eley, Jr., Clyde H. Eley and William Herman Eley, all of Franklin; two 
grandchildren; a half-sister, Mrs. T.A. Gillette, Sr., of Franklin; and a half-
brother, J.T. Eley of Portsmouth.

   Services were held at the residence on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, 
with Rev. L.M. Kanipe, pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church, Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, 
pastor of Franklin Baptist Church, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson, former pastor of 
the Franklin Baptist Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Fenton Cobb, 
Hunter Darden, Jr., G.C. Duck, J.T. Eley, Jr., Pressley Eley, Jr., T.A. 
Gillette, Jr., James I. Lankford and Jesse Frank Vaughan.


John Lee ELEY (Sr.), retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Oct 1953, Franklin, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 92A*), Franklin, 
   11 Oct 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 15, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

John L. Eley, 23, s, So.Co., 
   s/o Joseph Henry and Virginia Councill Eley, Farmer 
m. 12-17-1902 So.Co., Va. by Rev. J.E. Jones 
Pauline W. Lankford, 17, s, So.Co., 
   d/o James Irvin and Sarah Elizabeth Barnes Lankford 
(Southampton Co. MB11:141; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb11pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 9, 1964, Sect. I, p. 3) 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e400p2ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1937, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e400j1ob.txt 

His father is interred in Poplar Spring (Section 1, Plot 93A), 
    with his third wife- not John's mother. 
    SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list:
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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