Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, Eliza W. Sebrell, 1937 

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ELIZA WINGFIELD SEBRELL PITTMAN 

   Mrs. Eliza Sebrell Pittman, a highly-esteemed woman of Capron, Va., and 
mother of County Treasurer V.S. Pittman, died at the home of her son in Capron 
Friday morning, July 16, 1937, after an illness of approximately six months. 
Mrs. Pittman, who was 77 years of age, was born at Sebrell in this county, the 
daughter of the late James Henry Sebrell and Mrs. Virginia Clements Sebrell, 
and had spent practically all of her long and useful life in this county.  She 
was married to Robert Wiley Pittman who died about 27 years ago, and is 
survived by an only child, V.S. Pittman of Capron; three grandsons, V.S., Jr., 
Robert Edward and John Powell Pittman; by two sisters, Mrs. Cela Gray of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. Nora Wood of Branchville, besides a host of friends.  Mrs. 
Pittman was known and loved for her many sterling qualities as wife and mother 
and as a woman of unusual Christian character.

   She was a consistent communicant of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Courtland, 
the funeral rites being conducted from the home of her son in Capron Saturday 
afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Clifford Ramsey, pastor of the Capron 
M.E. Church, in the presence of a large assemblage of friends and neighbors.

   The active pallbearers were: G.A. Lankford, H.L. Bain, Dr. J.N. Applewhite, 
W.H. Story, J. Elwood Fox, C.B. Harding, D.D. Barham, and Lewis M. Marks. 
Burial was made in the Capron Cemetery.


Eliza Wingfield (SEBRELL; Mrs. Robert W.) PITTMAN, of Capron, 
b. Sebrell, d. 16 Jul 1937, at son's home, Capron, age 77, 
funeral, 17 Jul 1937, Capron, 
marked in Capron Cemetery*, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 23, 1937, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-31): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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