Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Eva A. Person, 1944 

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EVA AUGUSTA PERSON RAWLS ELLIS

   At the age of 73, a beautiful and useful Christian life ended at her home 
near Drewryville, when God in His infinite wisdom called the spirit of Mrs. 
Eva Person Ellis to its eternal home.  Since early childhood she has been a 
member of Person’s Methodist Church where she loyally served and gave 
unstintingly of her life for the upbuilding of His Kingdom, and the betterment 
of mankind.

   She was a good, kind neighbor, a loyal friend, an affectionate wife and 
devoted mother, and to this end she gave freely of herself in every 
relationship of life.

   Our loss is great.  Our hearts are heavy.  There is an empty place in the 
life of all who knew and loved her.  We shall greatly miss her in the home, in 
the church and community.  We shall miss her devotion, her loyalty, her 
courage, her sympathetic understanding and compassion that marked her daily 
life among us.  And yet we are deeply grateful to our Heavenly Father because 
He had given us to know her, and to labor with her in the Master’s service in 
the multitudinous avocations of life.  Even in our sorrow we rejoice in her 
victorious pilgrimage to that land of sunshine where there are no clouds, no 
pain, no separation, no sorrow, no night.

   In the strength of her Christ she conquered the enemies of her soul and 
lived a life of beautiful usefulness.

   Mrs. Ellis was the daughter of the late Junius R. and Anne Francis Person. 
She leaves a devoted husband, B.D. Ellis, and the following children: Edgar 
Rawls of Boykins, Mrs. Kate Myrick of Greensboro, N.C., Mrs. W.J. Martin of 
Portsmouth, David Rawls of Margarettsville, N.C., Person Rawls of Richmond, 
Robert and Pete Ellis of Portsmouth and Mrs. John Partridge of Branchville, 
17 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

   The many lovely flowers bespeak a large and esteemed friendship.

   The pallbearers were: Lilbon Harris, Ellis Harris, Buck Harris, Amos 
Cochran, Brutus Coker and Ernest Frances.  The honorary pallbearers were a 
host of friends.

   Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. L.F. Callaham, at 
Person’s Church.  Interment was in Person’s Church Cemetery.


[Eva Augusta (PERSON RAWLS*; Mrs. Benjamin D.) ELLIS, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. at home, near Drewryville, age 73, 
 interred in Person’s Methodist Church Cemetery, near Adam's Grove, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1944] 

[Eva had been previously married: 
 1m. Charles Lee RAWLS
 Charles Lee Rawls, 22, single, b. Isle of Wight Co., res. Newsoms, 
    s/o Edgar and Eugenia Rawls, Telegraph Operator 
 m. 12-23-1891 Bride’s Father’s residence by Rev. T.J. Wray 
 Eva Augusta Person, 21, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
    d/o Junius Randolph and Annie Eliza Francis Person 
 Southampton Co. M.Reg. 7:325 (transcribed by Bruce Saunders). 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb07pt.txt

 2m. Benjamin Daniel ELLIS.] 

[*located on Old Church Rd. (Rt. 661), near Adam's Grove. 
  Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
     Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-53): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt] 

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