Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Elizabeth Person, 1933 

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ELIZABETH PERSON ELLIS

   Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Person Ellis, 23, wife of Philip P. 
Ellis, who died Wednesday morning, June 28, at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, were 
held from the home in Branchville Thursday afternoon with interment in Persons 
M.E. Church Cemetery.

   Rev. R.L. Haga, her pastor, conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Frank B. 
Handley.  Her favorite hymn "Abide with Me" was sung by Mrs. H.H. Webb, Mrs. 
Grady Tyler, Mrs. J.W.H. Darden and Mrs. L.L. Tyler.

   When a young lady Mrs. Ellis attended Ferrum College and while there was in a 
bus accident, the resultant injuries being considered the indirect cause of her 
death.

   Elizabeth, as she was so well-known in Branchville was whole-hearted, genial 
in disposition, cordial and jovial by nature and affable in manner. A young 
woman of many Christian graces and was usefully interested and active in all 
phases of church work.

   She is survived by her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Person, of 
Drewryville; two sisters, Mrs. J.M. Sykes of Emporia and Miss Lillie Person of 
Branchville and four brothers, Randolph, George, Edward and Billy Person of 
Branchville.

   The active pallbearers were E.D. Hart and Paul Woodley of Norfolk, Carlyle 
Doughtie of Plymouth, N.C., John Partridge of Drewryville, Person Rawles of 
Portsmouth, Robert Ellis, Pete Ellis and Walter Griffin of Branchville. The 
following young people acted as flower bearers: Marjorie and Senora Francis, 
Virginia Harris, Mrs. H.H. Webb, Mrs. George Cabell, Louise Partridge, Louise 
Doughtie, Mrs. Carlyle Doughtie, Mrs. T.E. Harrell, Mrs. J.E. Flythe and Mrs. 
Grady Tyler.


[Elizabeth (PERSON; Mrs. Philip P.) ELLIS, of Branchville, 
 d. 28 Jun 1933, Suffolk, age 23, 
 interred in Persons M.E. Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 29 Jun 1933, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 7, 1933] 

[*SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. III-56: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt] 

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