Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Mary L, White, 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MRS. ELLIS DIES AT WAKEFIELD Wife of Dr. S. Burt Ellis, and Sister of J.M. White, Of City, Succumbs Today To Long Illness. Mrs. Mary White Ellis, wife of Dr. S. Burt Ellis, died this morning at Wakefield, at 5:30 o'clock, after an illness of some months. Mrs. Ellis is survived by her husband, three brothers and two sisters: J.M. White, Suffolk; Dr. John E. White, Secretary and Business Manager, Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg, and Watson B. White, Wakefield; Mrs. S.T. Neblett and Mrs. J.E. Richardson, Wakefield. Funeral services wil be held at the home Friday 4:00 p.m. Interment will be at the Wakefield cemetery. Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Wakefield Methodist Church in which she had been active for many years. She leaves many friends at Wakefield and elsewhere. Mary Lawson (WHITE; Mrs. S. Burt) ELLIS, of Wakefield, b. 25 Sep 1885, Wakefield, d. 5 Jul 1934, Wakefield, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Jul 1934, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 12, No. 91, Thurs., July 5, 1934, p. 1 *Her parents are also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her husband's obits ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 7, 1948, p. 1, & donated) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e420s1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e420m5ob.txt