Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Magette, Ezra C., 1954 

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EZRA CHESTINE MAGETTE

Rites at Courtland For Ezra C. Magette 

  COURTLAND - Graveside funeral rites were held in Riverside Cemetery here 
today for Ezra C. Magette, 83, who died Monday in a Williamsburg hospital. 

  The Rev. C.A. McCormick, pastor of Courtland Methodist Church, officiated 
at the services, conducted at 4 p.m.  A funeral cortege left earlier from 
the W.J.M. Holland and Sons funeral home in Franklin with the body. 

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EZRA C. MAGETTE

   Ezra Chestine Magette, 83, a resident of the Courtland community for many 
years, died in a Williamsburg hospital on Monday, November 15, after several 
years of failing health.

   A member of the Courtland Methodist Church, he was the son of the late 
Eldridge Chestine and Louisa Kindred Magette of this county.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Roland L. Vaughan of Courtland and Mrs. 
John O. Haslett, Jr., of Franklin; two sons, E.C. Magette, Jr., of Exmore and 
Joseph K. Magette of Courtland; and five grandchildren.

   Last rites were conducted at the grave in Riverside Cemetery on Wednesday 
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. C.A. McCormick, Jr., pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church.

   Pallbearers were J.N. Hale, Leroy Magette, Robert Magette, John W. 
Rollison, S.C. Waddill and John Williams.


Ezra Chestine MAGETTE, former teacher, 
b. 3 Aug 1871, Southampton Co., d. 15 Nov 1954, Williamsburg, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 14*), Courtland, 
   17 Nov 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 272, Wed., Nov. 17, 1954, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 18, 1954, Sect. II, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Photos of his gravestone - added by Remebering the Forgotten & Budjr - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #32780685. 

He divorced from his second wife, Bertie (FAISON) MAGETTE, who is buried in 
   Section II, Plot 68A, with two of their children. 

D.Cert. 24700 (Williamsburg #234) gives b. Courtland. 

His first wife, Carrie (POPE KINDRED) MAGETTE, is buried with her first 
   husband in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-44): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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