Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, J. Letcher, 1982 

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JOHN LETCHER ELEY

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for J. Letcher Eley, 83, was held at 11 a.m. 
Saturday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Revs. Richard T. Keikmann and W.A. 
Grissom.  Wright Funeral Home was in charge.

   Eley died Wednesday in a hospital.

   A native of Whaleyville he was the husband of Vera Gay Eley.  He was 
retired from W.R. Grace Fertilizer Co. after 40 years.  He was a member, past 
treasurer and a lifetime deacon of Franklin Congregational Christian Church; 
a member of Forks-of-the-River Ruritan Club; and a past member of the 
Southampton County School Board.

   Other survivors include a daughter, Emma Ruth DuBose of St. Louis; two 
sons, John G. Eley of Charlottesville; a sister, Nancy E. March of Suffolk; 
a brother, Curtis M. Eley of Richmond; nine grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.


John Letcher ELEY, retired 40-year W.R. Grace Fertilizer Co. employee, 
Whaleyville native, d. 21 Apr 1982, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section C, Plot 67*), Franklin, 
   24 Apr 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 26, 1982, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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