Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilmore, Ernest B., 1980 

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ERNEST BINGHAM GILMORE

   Franklin - Funeral services for Ernest Bingham Gilmore, 86, were held 
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Park by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.

   He died Monday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond.

   Mr. E.B. as he was known to many, was born Sept. 25, 1893 in Southampton 
County.  His parents, William Henry Gilmore and Elizabeth Bingham Gilmore came 
to Southampton County from Southampton, England.

   A merchant, Gilmore worked form Pender Grocery Company from 1920 until 1940 
he opened his own business, Gilmore’s Grocery, and retired in October, 1959.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and a veteran of World War I.

   He also was a member of Pythian Lodge 51, Woodmen of the World and Veterans 
of Foreign Wars.

   Survivors include his wife, Annie Bradshaw Gilmore; two daughters, Ann 
Gilmore Brett of Ashland and Ellen Gilmore McNeal of Alexandria; four 
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.


Ernest Bingham GILMORE, retired merchant, WW-I veteran, 
b. 25 Sep 1893, Southampton Co., d. 14 Apr 1980, Richmond, age 86, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 75*), near Franklin, 
   16 Apr 1980, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 17, 1980, p. 12A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial Park list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 


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