Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Harrell, George D., 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ George D. Harrell George Daniel Harrell, 85, of 4769 Desert Road died Saturday in a hospital. He was a native of Gates County, N.C., and the husband of Mrs. Minnie Winslow Harrell. He was a member of Parkers United Methodist Church, Gates County, and was a retired farmer. Other survivors include three daughters, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Harrell of the home, and Mrs. Doris H. Green and Mrs. Betty Joyce Britton of Suffolk; three sons, William M. Harrell and John N. Harrell of Suffolk, and Clarence S. Harrell of Kenansville, N.C.; two half sisters, Mrs. Evie Temple of Norfolk and Miss Carrie Umphlett of Gates, N.C.; a half brother, Willie Umphlett of Suffolk; and seven grandchildren. A funeral was set for today at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harrell Family Cemetery. He was the son of the late John and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Edwards Harrell. George Daniel HARRELL, retired farmer, b. 8 Nov 1894, Gates Co., NC, d. 22 Dec 1979, Suffolk, interred in the HARRELL family cemetery*, Desert Rd., 24 Dec 1979, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 57, No. 307, Mon., Dec. 24, 1979, p. 2 An obit also appeared in the "Daily Press," Dec. 27, 1979. *Additional information: Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (NV-III-18), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt D.Cert. 79-039087 gives also son of John & Sarah Elizabeth (EDWARDS) HARRELL; the informant was his son William. His mother, "Sallie" Sarah Elizabeth (EVERETT) HARRELL (1867 - 1948), 2m. Henry UMPHLETT. She is buried in Parkers Methodist Church Cemetery, Hazelton, Gates Co., NC. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/h640g1ob.txt