Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellsworth, Louisa A. Slade, 1940 

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LOUISE ANN ELLSWORTH

   Mrs. Louisa Ann Ellsworth, aged 92, died Sunday morning at her home in the 
Berlin community following an illness of several months.  Mrs. Ellsworth was 
the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Ann Sheppard Slade of this county, and 
the widow of Edward Thomas Ellsworth.

   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lula M. Turner of Hopewell and Mrs. 
C.N. Hatch of Disputania; two sons H.E. Ellsworth of Franklin and W.F. Ellsworth 
of Sedley; 30 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

   Services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock from her home by 
the Rev. B.H. Watkins of Wakefield Christian Church, assisted by the Rev. Mr. 
Wright of Wakefield and the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin Baptist Church. 
The deceased was a member of Barrett’s Christian Church. A quartette sang "Meet 
Me There" and "Jesus, I Come" at the home, singing "Shall We Gather at the 
River" at the grave in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.

   Pallbearers were William Duffy, Oscar Warren, Wallace, Ellsworth, Walter 
Hatch, Frank Ellsworth, Ben Hatch, Lewis Williams, and Crawford Ellsworth. 
Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.


[Louisa Ann (SLADE; Mrs. Edward T.) ELLSWORTH, 
 Southampton Co. native?, d. 21 Jan 1940, at home, Berlin, age 92, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 23 Jan 1940, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 26, 1940] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Rosemont (S-26): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt] 

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