Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, M. Belle Stephenson, 1929 

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BELLE STEPHENSON ELLIS 

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. C.M. ELLIS 

  DENDRON, July 11 - The funeral of Mrs. Belle Stephenson Ellis, 56 years 
of age, wife of Mr. C.M. Ellis, of Surry, was held this morning at Surry 
at 11 o'clock, by Rev. A.W. Linthleum, pastor of the Surry Methodist Church, 
assisted by Rev. A.A. Pierce, of Madison, Md., and Rev. H.P. Dalton, of 
Petersburg.

  The deceased, who died Tuesday night after a lingering illness of several 
months, is survived, in addition to her husband, by one daughter, Mrs. P.G. 
Chapman, of Surry, and two sisters, Mrs. G.M. Cox, of Savedge, and Mrs. Tela 
Matthews of Norfolk.

  The pallbearers were J.W. Fuqua, A.W. Bohannon, J.H. Savedge, J.F. Barlow, 
T.H. Crymes and H.L. Rollins.

  Choirs from the various churches at Surry sang "Old Rugged Cross" and 
"Sweet Bye and Bye".

  Interment was in the cemetery at Surry.


Mary Belle (STEPHENSON; Mrs. Charles M.) ELLIS, of Surry, 
b. 11 Feb 1872, Surry Co., d. 9 Jul 1929, Surry Co., 
interred in Oakwood Cemetery*, Surry, 11 Jul 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 10, No. 5, July 18, 1929 

*Additional information: 

Birthdate &c. from her gravestone, pictured with her Find a Grave Memorial, 
   #86351018, which gives Mary Bell - "Not lost to love, not lost to memory, 
   But gone to our Heavenly home above." 

D.Cert. #19029 (Cobham #11) gives b. 11 Feb 1873, dt/o Luther M. Stephenson 
   (b. Sussex Co.) & Olivia J. Goodrich (b. Surry Co.). 


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