Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Story, Elliott L., 1927 

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ELLIOTT L. STORY

   Elliott L. Story of this town died suddenly at his home in Clay Street 
Thursday morning at 7:20 o'clock.  Mr. Story was in the fortieth year and 
a member of an old and well-known Southampton family, a son of the late 
J.M. Story and Mrs. Pattie Beaman Story.  He was apparently quite well and 
was going squirrel hunting with his nephew, William Snipes, Jr.  Arising 
early and preparing for the hunt, their start was delayed by rain and he 
was lying down in his room waiting for the weather to clear up when the end 
came in a moment's time.

   Mr. Story was a man of attractive and genial disposition and numbered 
many friends here and in Emporia where he had spent several years of his 
life.  The writer remembers his first acquaintance with him 22 years ago 
when during Elliott's school days here he was a most affable and courteous 
clerk with the Franklin Drug Company.  He was born January 5, 1887, in this 
county; attended the Franklin Military and Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, 
where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.  Soon after 
completing his college course he went to Emporia and was employed in the 
Merchants and Farmers Bank of that town until 1917 when he returned to 
Franklin and was Assistant Cashier of the Merchants and Farmers Bank until 
April, 1926.  At that time he established a real estate and bond business 
here, successfully conducting this until his death.

   On February 18, 1914, he married Miss Louise Curdts of Norfolk, who 
survives him with two children, Dorothy Lanier and Elliott L. Story, Jr.  He 
also leaves three brothers, J. Marion Story, Walter F. Story of Suffolk and 
Dr. Beaman Story of Franklin, two sisters Mrs. Herman Cobb and Mrs. W.E. 
Snipes of this town and a large and prominent family connection.

   Funeral services will be conducted this (Friday) afternoon at 3:30 o'clock 
from his late residence by his pastor, Rev. L.T. Williams of the High Street 
M.E. Church, and the body bearers will be: Grady Miller of Norfolk, Eugene 
Brittle of Emporia, Jas. T. Knight, Walter H. Norfleet, J. Fenton Matthews, 
Sol W. Rawls, W.C. Watson and Barclay Pretlow.  Interment will be made in the 
family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Elliott L. STORY, businessman, formerly of Emporia, 
d. 3 Nov 1927, at home, Franklin, age 40, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 47*), Franklin, 
   4 Nov 1927, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 4, 1927, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

Elliott L. Story, 27, Single, b. Southampton Co., Va., res. Emporia, 
   sn/o J.M. & P.M. Story, Banker 
m. 18 Feb 1914, Norfolk, by Stuart N. Hutchins 
Anne Louise Curdts, 21, Single, b. & res. Norfolk, Va., 
   dt/o L.M. & A.L. Curdts 
(Norfolk, VA, M.Reg. {BVS copy}, 1914, ln. 140) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," July 5, 1962, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s360e6ob.txt 


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