Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Eure, MSG Mills E., 1989 

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MILLS EDWARD EURE 

  WAKEFIELD - Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Mills Edward Eure, 73, died 
Saturday, Sept. 2, in his home.

  Mr. Eure was a native of Surry County and member of Wakefield Baptist 
Church.  He retired from the Air Force as a flight engineer and meteorologist 
in 1963 after 20 years service.  He was a veteran of World War II and the 
Korean War.

  Survivors include his wife, Edna Faison Eure; two daughters, Linda Marie 
Sobaskie of St. Paul, Minn., and Donna Jean Stephenson of Richmond; three 
sisters, Alma E. Drewry of Waverly, Edna E. Barrett and Mary Emma Cox, both 
of Wakefield; and a brother, Charles Thomas Eure of Wakefield.

  A funeral was held in Purviance Funeral Home.  Burial was in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  Purviance Funeral Home was in charge.

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Mills Edward Eure

  WAKEFIELD - Mills Edward Eure, 73, died Saturday. Sept. 2, at his home. 

  Mr. Eure was a native of Surry County.  He was a member of Wakefield Baptist 
Church, a Veteran of WW II in the U.S. Air Force, and a member of the Veteran 
of Foreign Wars.  He was the son of the late Junie Edward Eure and Marjorie 
Elizabeth Warren Eure. 

  Survivors include his wife, Edna Faison Eure of Wakefield; two daughters, 
Linda Marie Sobaskie of St. Paul, Minn. and Donna Jean Stephenson of Richmond; 
three sisters, Alma E. Drewry of Waverly, Edna E. Barrett and Mary Emma Cox 
both of Wakefield; and one brother, Charles Thomas Eure of Wakefield. 

  A funeral was held Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 2 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Parker Hooper.  Burial was in the Wakefield Cemetery. 

  Purviance Funeral Home of Wakefield was in charge of the arrangements.


MSG Mills Edward EURE, retired Air Force flight engineer & meteorologist, 
veteran of WW-II & Korea, 
b. 27 Feb 1916, Surry Co., d. 2 Sep 1989, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 6, 1989, p. 16; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 70, No. 38, Sep. 13, 1989, p. 7, col. 1-2 

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

His parents, "Junie" Junius Edward & Marjorie Elizabeth (WARREN) EURE, 
   are buried in Spring Hill Christian Church Cemetery. 

*M.Cert. 1947-33167 gives b. Surry Co. 


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