Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Majette, M. Elizabeth, 1897 

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Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" MAJETTE 


TOWN OF SUFFOLK 
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Death of an Estimable Young Lady- 
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          Suffolk, Va., July 30th, 1897. 
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     GIRL GRADUATE DEAD. 

  Miss Bettie Majette died this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the home of her 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Majette, in Southampton county, seven miles from 
Newsom.  She had been ill for three weeks from typhoid fever.  The funeral 
will take place tomorrow afternoon from the home at 4 o'clock.  Rev. J.C. 
Fushee will preach it. 

  Mary Elizabeth Majette was 19 years old.  She was well known in Suffolk, 
where she lived for several years and where she graduated in June last with 
marked honors.  The deceased leaves a sister, Miss Effa Majette, of 
Southampton county, and one brother, Eddie Majette, of China Hill, Ga. 
Another brother died last spring.  She was a cousin of Col. Thomas W. Smith, 
Mrs. R.H. Morgan and Miss Bettie Riddick, of Suffolk. 

  Miss Majette was said to be among the sweetest and most lovable of the many 
who have graduated at Suffolk College. 

"Mojette" in original corrected to Majette throughtout. 

Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" MAJETTE, Suffolk College graduate, 
d. 30 Jul 1897, at home, Southampton Co., age 19, 
interred in the MAJETTE family cemetery*, Statesville Rd., 31 Jul 1897, 
"The Norfolk Virginian," July 31, 1897, p. 6, col. 1 

*Her parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

Her father, confederate veteran Roswell Sparks MAJETTE, was named postmaster 
   of Prince's P.O., when it was established in Nov 1879; notice 
   ("Alexandria Gazette," Nov. 18, 1879, p. 3) posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/news/18791118ag.txt 


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