Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Story, Elridge R., 1936 

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ELRIDGE STORY

   Elridge Story, 32, son of E.R. Story and the late Hattie Bishop Story of 
Newsoms, died at a Portsmouth hospital on Monday afternoon, November 30, 
after a long illness resulting from a wound he received while serving on the 
Portsmouth police force.

   Besides his father he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Keeter [sic; 
Skeeter] Story, a son, Elridge, Jr., three sisters, Mrs. Billy Bryant of 
Norfolk, Mrs. Kate O’berry of Suffolk and Miss Nannie Story and a brother, 
Howard Story, of Newsoms and a number of relatives in the Handsom community 
where he was born and spent his early life.

   Funeral services were conducted in Portsmouth with burial in a Portsmouth 
cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.


Elridge Rochelle STORY [Sr.], former Portsmouth policeman, 
Handsom native, d. 30 Nov 1936, Portsmouth, age 32, 
interred in Oak Grove Cemetery*, Portsmouth, 2 Dec 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 11, 1936 

*Portsmouth VAGenWeb Archives gives the following: 
   STORY, Eldridge Rachel?; marked; 
   b. 18 Jun 1904 Southampton Co VA; 
   d. 30 Nov 1936 Portsmouth VA  of Gun Shot Wound; 
   Oak Grove Cemetery, Plot D 348 
(list compiled by Gail Burnell-Melchor {glmbdm@aol.com}) 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/oakgrove6.htm 

Photos of him & his monument are posted with Find a Grave Mem. #38104339. 
   It states that he was accidentally shot by his partner, ca. 1 Jan 1934. 

His D.Cert. (26788 {Portsmouth #669}) states he was shot, & had his left leg 
   amputated "2 yrs. ago," but the date is not specified. 

His parents are buried in Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery, on Sunbeam Rd. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 25, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360e3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 30, 1918, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360h1ob.txt 

Son Elridge Jr.also became a police officer.  He buried in Greenlawn Memorial 
   Gardens, Chesapeake, as are his mother & step-father, Walter J. KONNAGAN. 


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