Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nicholson, Ella J. Joyner, 1952 

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ELLA JOYNER NICHOLSON 

MRS. ELLA JOYNER NICHOLASON 

   Capron, May 14 - Mrs. Ella Joyner Nicholson, 83, well-known resident of the 
Capron Community, died Tuesday night in Norfolk General Hospital after a brief 
illness.

   She was the widow of Joseph Manning Nicholson and the daughter of the late 
Richard Henry and Annie Jackson Joyner, of Southampton County.  Mrs. Nicholson 
was a lifetime member and teacher of the Applewhite Methodist Church and 
faithful worker in the Ladies' Missionary societies of the church.

   She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Annie Kitchen, Capron; Mrs. Pearl 
Wells, Huston, Tex; Mrs. Daisy Edwards and Mrs. Ruby McKinnon, both of 
Norfolk, and Mrs. Mary Johnson, Hilton Village; one son Robert Lee Nicholson, 
Capron; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister Mrs. Eva 
Lowe, Hopewell; four brothers, Walter and Joe Henry Joyner, Capron; Paul 
Joyner, Norfolk, and Tommie Joyner, Emporia, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, 
and on Thursday at noon will be taken to Applewhite Methodist Church near 
Capron, where it will lie in state for one hour prior to funeral services, 
which will be held at 3:30 p.m., with the Rev. J.T. Cassell, pastor, 
officiating.  Burial will be in Sebrell Cemetery.


Ella J. (JOYNER; Mrs. Joseph M.) NICHOLSON, of Capron, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 May 1952, Norfolk, age 83, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 4*), Sebrell, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-1): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 2, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n242j1ob.txt 


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