Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Josie W. Bell, 1968 

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JOSIE WARREN BELL ELLIS 

MRS. CLIFTON M. ELLIS 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Josie Bell Ellis, 80, of Surry County, died Tuesday at her 
home after a long illness. 

  She was the widow of Clifton M. Ellis. 

  Mrs. Ellis was a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church, Surry County. 

  Survivors include two sons, C.M. Ellis, Jr. and Henry M. Ellis of Wakefield; 
two daughters, Mrs. A.A. Hux of Louisville, Ky. And Mrs. S.C. McFather of 
Amarillo, Tex.; one brother, H.H. Bell, Jr. of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. W.H. 
Cox of Elberon; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Purviance 
Funeral Home chapel, Wakefield. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County. 

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JOSIE WARREN BELL ELLIS 

  Josie Warren Bell Ellis, 80, died May 21, at her home in Surry County after 
a long illness.  A life-long resident of Surry County, she was the daughter of 
Henry Hart and Lucy Faison Bell.  She was the widow of C.M. Ellis, Sr. 

  She is survived by 2 sons, C. Morris Ellis, Jr. and Henry M. Ellis, both of 
Wakefield; 2 daughters, Mrs. A.A. Hux of Louisville, Kentucky, and Mrs. S.C. 
McFather of Amarillo, Texas.  She is also survived by a brother, H.H. Bell, 
Jr. of Richmond; a sister, Mrs. W.H. Cox of Elberon; 7 grandchildren; and 2 
great-grandchildren. 

  The funeral services are today at Purviance Funeral Chapel at 3:00 p.m. 
The burial will be at Rocky Hock Methodist Church in Surry County.  She was 
a member of the this church.  The Rev. Edward B. Owen and the Rev. L.P. Bland 
will officiate. 

  The nephews of the deceased will be pallbearers. 


Josie Warren (BELL; Mrs. Clifton Morris) ELLIS, 
b. 30 Aug 1887, Surry Co., d. 21 May 1968, at home, Surry Co., 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 52*), 23 May 1968, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), May 22, 1968, p. 16; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

Her parents are buried in the same plot. 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20602953. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 14192 (Richmond #755). 

Her husband's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," June 17, 1957, p. 6, & 
   donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/e420c1ob.txt 


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