Southampton-Greensville County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Person, Elsie H. Ellis, 1961 

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ELSIE ELLIS PERSON

   BOYKINS - Mrs. Elsie H. Person, 70, died Sunday at 2:50 a.m. in a 
Portsmouth hospital after a long illness.

   She was a native of Greensville County and lived in Portsmouth 20 
years.  She was a daughter of Robert Hall and Mrs. Ozemma Sykes Ellis 
and was a member of Persons Methodist Church, Southampton County.

   She was the widow of Walter C. Person.

   She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edna P. Lowe of Franklin, 
and Mrs. Robert E. Nein of Portsmouth; two sons, James E. Person and 
Maurice A. Person, both of Portsmouth; two sisters, Mrs. E.C. Francis, 
of Branchville, Mrs. P.R. Pittman of Waverly, and ten grandchildren.

   The body was taken to the Purviance Funeral Home in Boykins.

   A funeral service was conducted in Persons Methodist Church Tuesday 
at 3 p.m. by Rev. H.G. Walker, pastor.


Elsie H. (ELLIS; Mrs. Walter C.) PERSON, 20-year Portsmouth resident, 
Greensville Co. native, d. 22 Oct 1961, Portsmouth, age 70, 
interred in Persons Methodist Church Cemetery*, 12 Oct 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 26, 1961, Section 2, p. 3 

*located Old Church Rd. (Rt. 661), near Adam's Grove. 
Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-54): 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

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