Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, John R., 2000 

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JOHN R. ELLIS 

  John Robert Ellis, 36, of the 300 block of Turlington Road, died March 6, 
2000. 

  Born in Suffolk, he was a heavy equipment operator for Newport News 
Shipyard.  Mr. Ellis was the son of the late Carroll Holt Ellis and stepson 
of the late Edward H. Saunders Sr.  He was also predeceased by a sister, Betty 
Saunders. 

  He is survived by his mother, Gladys Lewis Saunders of Suffolk; his wife, 
Janice Carr Ellis of Franklin; a daughter, Jennifer Ann Ellis of Suffolk; 
sisters and brothers-in-law, Joeanna and William Smith, Judy E. and Garry 
Griggs Sr., and Alice and David Mussellman, all of Suffolk; a brother, Carroll 
Thomas Ellis of North Carolina; nieces, Lynn Clark, Lisa Smith, Gena Smith, 
Amber Rogerson, Lisa Ellis , Kimberly Ellis and Angel Ellis; and nephews, 
Garry Noland Griggs Jr., Justin Rogerson and Carroll Saunders. 

  A funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Sidney F. Harrell Funeral 
Home by the Rev. T.A. Powell.  Interment will be in Holland Cemetery.  Friends 
may join the family from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and other 
times at the residence. 


John Robert ELLIS, Newport News Shipyard heavy equipment operator, 
b. 17 Sep 1908, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Mar 2000, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 9 Mar 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mar. 8, 2000, p. B9 

*His father, paternal grandparents & step-father are also buried there. 
   Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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