Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spivey, Ella J. Johnston, 1982 

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ELLA JULIETTE JOHNSTON* DAVIS SPIVEY

   Mrs. Ella Davis Spivey, 82, wife of Emmett P. Spivey and a resident of 
Sedley for many years, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning, 
November 19, after an illness of brief duration.

   The deceased was a native of Statesville, N.C., a daughter of the late 
James Henry and Mary Jane Honeycutt Johnson [sic; Johnston*].  She was a 
member of the Grace Memorial Methodist Church, Sedley.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. E.T. Story of 
Branchville, Mrs. J.W. Johnson of Sedley, Mrs. G.T. Johnson of Suffolk, and 
Mrs. E.J. Groth of Baltimore, Md.; four sons, James Talley Davis and Henry 
Johnson Davis, both of Baltimore, and Charlie Burnett Davis and Luther Glenn 
Davis of Richmond; four stepchildren, Leo and Willie Spivey of Emproia, Miss 
Eunice Spivey of Franklin, and Mrs. Harriett Gilbert of New York City; 24 
grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Mattie Early, 
and one brother, Vance Johnson, both of Statesville.

   Final rites will be conducted this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock in Grace 
Memorial Church by the pastor, Rev. Otis L. Gilliam.  Burial will be in 
Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.


Ella Juliette (JOHNSTON* DAVIS; Mrs. Emmett P.) SPIVEY, of Sedley, 
b. 11 Jan 1870, Statesville, Iredell Co., NC, d. 19 Nov 1952, Franklin, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 21 Nov 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 21, 1952, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

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

D.Cert. 26993 (Franklin #122) gives daughter of James Henry & Mary Jane 
   (HONEYCUTT) JOHNSTON. 

Rather, her father was Henry Talley JOHNSTON (1840 - 1925).  He was a 
   Confederate veteran, having served in Co. C, 4th NC Infantry.  His is 
   buried with his second wife (of 3) & his parents, James Albert & Mary 
   G. (TALLEY) JOHNSTON, in New Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Statesville, 
   NC.  (Find a Grave Memorial #33715461) 

Her mother, Mary Jane (HONEYCUTT) JOHNSTON (1848 - 1896), is buried in 
   Rocky Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus Co., NC. 
   Her photo - added by Tom Honeycutt - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #78498354.  Her parents, Workman Hardlabor & Elizabeth M. (EDWARDS) 
   HONEYCUTT, are also buried in New Salem Methodist Church Cemetery. 

Her widower's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 29, 1959, Section I, p. 8) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s110e4ob.txt 

The obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 2, 1929, p. 5) 
   of her first husband, Luther Bruette DAVIS, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d120l5ob.txt 


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