Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, John E., 1949 

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JOHN EUGENE ELLIS

   John Eugene Ellis, 65, formerly of Sussex County, died Tuesday, March 1, in 
Goochland County, where he was employed as a guard at the State Farm.

   Surviving his are six daughters, Mrs. David Smith and Misses Mary and Ruth 
Ellis, all of Emporia, Mrs. Wallace Parsons of Yale, Mrs. Fred Mayfield, Jr., 
of Waverly, and Mrs. Bruce Griffith of Winchester; three sons, Joseph T. Ellis 
of San Antonia, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. T.W. Edwards of Emporia, Mrs. Fannie 
Bishop of Bluefield, W.Va., and Mrs. Ramey Livesay of Rocky Mount, N.C.; and 
three brothers, P.L. Ellis of Emporia, J.W. Ellis of Bluefield, and Martin L. 
Ellis of Toledo, Ohio.

   Funeral services were held at three o’clock Thursday afternoon, March 3, at 
the Harcum Funeral Home in Waverly, followed by burial in the cemetery at 
Capron.


John Eugene ELLIS, formerly of Sussex Co., prison guard, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Mar 1949, State Farm, Goochland Co., age 65, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 3 Mar 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 11, 1949, p. 1 

*His parents also buried there, unmarked. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-11 & -12): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 12, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e420t1ob.txt 


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