Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Benjamin F., 1963 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELLIS 

   NEWSOMS - Benjamin Franklin Ellis, 68, a Southampton County farmer died 
Wednesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Ethel Saunders 
Ellis and a son of George W. and Mrs. Lillie Simmons Ellis.  He was a member 
of Newsoms Baptist Church.

   Besides his widow, survivors are two sons, Benjamin F. Ellis, Jr. of 
Wakefield and Harold L. Ellis of Newsoms; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Catlett 
of Portsmouth and Mrs. Jacqueline Vann of Newsoms; four brothers G. Herbert 
Ellis and Pete D. Ellis of Newsoms, and Willie B. Ellis and Stanton Ellis of 
Stony Creek; and three sisters, Mrs. Estelle Porter of Norfolk and Mrs. Mary 
Taylor and Mrs. Adele Bryant of Portsmouth.

   Funeral services were Friday in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin with burial in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were J.Q. Worrell, Russell Ferguson, L.D. Taylor, Charles 
Arrington, J.R. Holloman, James Cogsdale, C.L. Vick, Fred Worrell.


Benjamin Franklin ELLIS, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 31 Jul 1963, Franklin, age 68, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 2 Aug 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 5, 1963, Sect. I, p. 5 

*His parents are also buried there.
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-30&31): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 7, 1945) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e420g1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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