Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Lillie E. Simmons, 1952 

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LILLIE SIMMONS ELLIS

MRS. GEORGE W. ELLIS

   Mrs. George W. Ellis, 79, of Newsoms died in a Portsmouth hospital on 
Saturday afternoon, February 22 after an illness of several weeks. 

   A member of the Newsoms Baptist Church, she was the widow of the late 
George Washington Ellis of the Newsoms community. 

   Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. G.W. Porter of Newsoms and Mrs. 
Fletcher Taylor and Mrs. W.R. Bryant of Portsmouth; five sons, George H. Ellis 
of Norfolk, B.F. Ellis of Newsoms, W.B. Ellis of Courtland, D.P. Ellis of 
Portsmouth, and J. Stanton Ellis of Stony Creek; 24 grandchildren, 40 great 
grandchildren, and one great great grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Logan 
Bland of Portsmouth and Mrs. Pearl Butler of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Newsoms Cemetery on Monday 
afternoon by Rev. R.L. Chadwick, pastor of the Newsoms Baptist Church, Rev. 
J.W. Felton of Portsmouth, Rev. Arnold B. Blount of Norfolk, and Rev. L.M. 
Kanipe of Courtland. 

  The pallbearers were Roy Bradshaw, Felix Bryant, J.L. Cogsdale, J. Leroy 
Dail, J.W. Drake, C.Q. Ferguson, Eddie Vick and H.C. Vincent. 


Lillie Estelle (SIMMONS; Mrs. George W.) ELLIS, 
b. 11 Sep 1872, Southampton Co., d. 22 Feb 1952, Portsmouth, 
interred in the Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 24 Feb 1952, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 47, No. 19, Fri., Feb. 29, 1952, p. 8, 
   test posted with Find a Grave Memorial #35437498 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-31): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #35437498. 

Her father Frank Thomas SIMMONS (1852 - 1931) is also buried there. 

D.Cert. 3061 (Portsmouth #102) 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 7, 1945, p. 1) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e420g1ob.txt 


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