Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Dr. Stanley B., 1948 

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DR. STANLEY BURT ELLIS 

DR. S.B. ELLIS, CIVIC LEADER, IS BURIED 

  Funeral services for Dr. Stanley Burt Ellis, 65, who died on Friday in 
Petersburg Hospital, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the 
Wakefield Cemetery by the Rev. John E. White and the Rev. Samuel L. Dumville, 
pastors of the Baptist and Methodist churches of Wakefield.

  Pallbearers were R.M. Cobb, B.R. Carson, F.E. Branch, Geo. L. Munford, J.L. 
Long, Walter A. Stephenson, W.M. Leech and James Cooper.

  Dr. Ellis, a native of Sussex County, came to Wakefield in 1907 to practice 
medicine.  In 1937, he suffered a heart attack but continued to practice until 
1941 when he had a stroke of paralysis and was forced to retire. 

  A true sportsman, the deceased was past president of the Virginia Fox 
Hunters Association and organizers and first president of the Wakefield 
Community Hunt Club, which office he held at the time of his death.  He aided 
in organizing and for several years managed the Wakefield Baseball team which 
was looked upon as one of the cleanest playing and best organized teams in 
this section.  As a lover of horses, he did much to revive ring tournament 
riding in this section.  The fact that the Wakefield Annual community Day 
still features the tournament is a monument to his industry.

  He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. W.V. West, Miss Norma Elis, and Mrs. 
M.S. Williams, all of Waverly, and three brothers, A.S. Ellis, of Waverly; 
K.N. Ellis, of Petersburg; and Colonel W.R. Ellis, of Washington, D.C. 

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DR. STANLEY BURT ELLIS 

DR. S.B. ELLIS OF WAKEFIELD, BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON 

  Dr. Stanley Burt Ellis, 65, prominent Wakefield physician, died Friday 
morning at 11:10 o'clock at a Petersburg hospital after a long illness.

  He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. W.V. West, Mrs. W.S. Williams and Miss 
Norma Ellis, all of Waverly, and three brothers, A.S. Ellis of Waverly; W.R. 
Ellis of Washington, D.C. and K.N. Ellis, of Petersburg.

  Dr. Ellis was a native of Sussex County, the son of the late Stanley V. and 
Sarah Burt Ellis.

  Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Wakefield Cemetery Sunday 
afternoon at three o'clock.


Dr. Stanley Burt ELLIS, retired Wakefield physician, 
b. 2 Aug 1881, Sussex Co., d. 2 Jan 1948, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 4 Jan 1948, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 30, No. 31, Jan. 7, 1948, p. 1 

*Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents are buried in Waverly. 

His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 5, 1934, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e420m5ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tri-County News," Sep. 13, 1929, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/e420s2ob.txt 


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