Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eley, Margaret Parker, 1938 

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MARGARET PARKER ELEY

   Mrs. Margaret Parker Eley, a former Franklin resident, well-known and 
esteemed here, and widow of the late Eugene S. Eley of this town, died at 
Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Norfolk, early Saturday morning in her 73rd year. 
She was the daughter of the late Jesse Atkinson and Mrs. Mary Crafford Crump 
Parker of the Benn’s Church community in Isle of Wight County.  She made her 
home in Franklin for more than 40 years, her husband, who was familiarly known 
by our people as Mr. Bose Eley, being a merchant here for many years, a deacon 
in the Franklin Baptist Church and a gallant Confederate soldier, Mr. Eley 
dying about eight years ago.

   For the past several years Mrs. Eley had made her home in Norfolk with her 
only child, J. Laurence Eley.  The body was brought to Franklin and funeral 
services were conducted from the Franklin Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 
3:30 o’clock by the Pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson, where Mrs. Eley had long 
been a useful and consistent member.  Burial was made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery, the pallbearers being: Geo. H. Parker, Jno. C. Parker, Jr., Alex W. 
Parker, Geo. R. Hayes, W. Jasper Cotton, Dr. Ashley Cutchin, David T. Prince 
and Edgar B. Jackson.

   Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral rites here 
included: Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Parker of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. W. Jasper 
Cotton of Chuckatuck, Mrs. Emma M. Eley and Mrs. J. Allen Kenny of Rocky 
Mount, N.C. , Mrs. John E. Davis of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mrs. James Branch and 
daughters, Misses Mae and Olive of Smithfield, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dooley, Mrs. 
C.C. Bright and Mr. and Mrs. George D. Brownley of Norfolk.


Margaret (PARKER; Mrs. Eugene S. "Bose") ELEY, formerly of Franklin, 
Benn's Church native, d. 2 Apr 1938, Norfolk, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 2*), Franklin, 
   3 Apr 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 8, 1938, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Additional information: 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 14, 1930, p. 1), with both of his 
   marriage records appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e400e2ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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