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Deaths
Mrs. Samuel Risley
Mrs. Mary Texas Risley, wife of
Mr. Samuel Risley and an estimable
Christian woman, passed away at
her home at Greenbackville, Thurs
day, January 30th, aged 63 years.
Funeral services were held at Frank
lin City M. E. Church, of which she
was a member, Saturday, February
1st, conducted by ReV. O. T. Bay
nard and Rev. W. A. Archer and
interment was in Greenbackville
Cemetery. She was a member of the
Daughters of Liberty.
The active pellbearers were Mes
srs. Charles Crowley, Russell Sharp
ley, Estel Jones, Daniel Hudson,
Samuel Lilliston and Martin Ardis,
The honorary pallbearers were Mes
srs. D. j. Merrill, Lawson Justice,
W. H. Merrill, Sr. and W. H. Mer
rill, Jr
Besides her husband, Mr Samuel
Risley, she is survived by one daugh
ter, Miss Ellen B. Risley, and two
brothers, Messrs Nelson P. Collins
and Harry N. Collins, of Green
backville.
Mr. David A. Chance
Mr. David A. Chance, a highly
respected citizen, passed away at his
home at Wachapreague, Friday morn
ing, January 31st, aged seventy-three
years. Funeral services were held at
Wachapreague Methodist Church, of
which he was a member, Sunday,
February 2nd, conducted by Rev. J.
H. Carroll and interment was in
Wachapreague Cemetery.
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. Brooks Kellam, Ralph Hopkins,
Thomas R. Nock, Gamer Chance,
Harry Crockett and O. Fuller Hall.
The honorary pallbearers were Mes
srs. L. E. Core, J. B. Mapp, Robert
Bonniwell, B. T. Savage, Fosque
Watson, J. E. Mapp, Jr., Jesse
Chance, Coley Chance, W. J. Mapp
and George Chance.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by two children, Mrs. Charles T.
Belote of Onley and Mr. Roland V.
Chance of near Wachapreague, one
sister, Mrs. Manie Crowson and two
brothers, Messrs. John T. Chance and
Alfred Chance.
Mrs. L. S. Sparrow
Mrs. Sudie Turner Sparrow, wife
of Mr. L. S. Sparrow, of Jamesville,
and an estimable Christian woman,
passed away at Memorial Hospital,
Monday, February 3rd, aged forty
four years. Funeral services were
held at Bethel Methodist Church, of
which she was a member, Wednes
day, February 5th, conducted by Rev.
Allen Carter and burial was in Belle
Haven Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Cecil
Kellam, Rogers Belote, Sidney Brown,
Purnell Webb, Harry Smith and Ros
ser Marion.
Besides her husband, Mr. L. S.
Sparrow, she is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Alice Kilmon of
Jamesville, one son, Mr. Carson
Sparrow of Jamesville, father, Mr.
Edward Turner of Onancock, two
sisters, Mrs. Florence Turner of
Jamesville and Miss Nettie Turner of
Onancock and two brothers, Messrs.
Allen Turner and J. T. Turner of
Onancock.
Mr. William T. East of A
Mr. William T. East of A., a
highly respected citizen and an in
dustrious and successful farmer, died
at his home at Daugherty, Friday,
January 31, after a long illness,
aged 69 years. Funeral services were
held at the home Sunday, February
2, conducted by Rev. J. H. Binsted
and interment was in Edge Hill
Cemetery.
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. Harry Evans, Fred T. Fox, Will
Bradford, Harry Colons, Adelbert
Lilliston and Charles T. Scott. The
hororary pallbearers were Messrs.
Alger Scott, Luther Cowan, Wash
Lilliston, Walter Daugherty, Stan
ley Middleton, Daniel Taylor and
Dr. J. L. DeCormis.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Bradford East, one daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Roach, one son, Mr. Wil
liam T. E.ut, Jr., three sisters, Mrs.
R. T. Heath, of Daugherty, Mrs. G.
G. Middleton, of Onancock, and Mrs.
J. D. Barnes, of Cape Charles, and
one brother, Mr. James F. East, of
Onley.
Mrs. Stephen Hopkins
Mrs. Alicia Hopkins, w: 'ow of the
late Stephen Hopkins, of Onancock,
Va., and a most estimable Christian
woman, passed away at the home of
Mrs. E. N. West, at Hopeton, Va.,
Friday morning, January 31, aged 90
■years. She was a member of the
Onancock M. E. Church, South.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, February 2, at the home
•of Mrs. E. N. West, Hopeton, con
ducted by Rev. J. W. Bracey and
interment was in Onancock Ceme
tery. The pallbearers were Messrs.
Henry West, Stuart West, W. E.
West, George Johnson, J. J. Carmine
and C. C. Walker.
She is survived by one son, Mr.
Ct hur Hopkins, of New York, a
•brother, Mr. Wm. C. West, of
uncock and the following nieces
j nephews; Dr. A. A. Parker and
Mr... James Dryden of Pocomoke
City, Messrs. Will, Augustus and Joe
Walter of Baltimore, Mr. John W.
West of Salisbury, Md, Mrs. Doug
i * Wilkins of New Jersey, Mrs.
F. Ray Shields, Messrs. Harold P.
and Wm. C. West, Jr., of Onancock.
Mrs. Benjamin T. Ashby
Mrs. Maude Evans Ashby, widow
of the late Benjamin T. Ashby, of
Franktown, Va., died at the home of
her brother, Mr. R. C. Evans, Onley,
Wednesday, February 5th, after a
short illness, aged sixty-one years.
She was a member of Franktown
Methodist Church and was a most
estimable Christian woman.
Funeral services were held at the
home of Mr. R. C. Evans, Friday,
February 7th, conducted by Rev. H.
L. Hoffman and burial was in Frank
town Cemetery.
Mrs. Ashby is survived by one
brother, Mr. R. C. Evans and a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. R. P. Shipley
Mrs. Alice Taylor Shipley, wife of
Mr. R. P. Shipley, passed away at
her home at Parksley, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4th. She was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and
was a devoted wife, kind friend and
neighbor.
Funeral services were held at the
home Thursday, February 7th, con
ducted by Rev. James W. Baxley and
Rev. E. C. Graham and burial was
in Liberty Cemetery. The active
pallbearers were Messrs. Edgar Tay
lor, Oscar Taylor, Will Taylor, Her
bert Taylor, Howard Tull and Harold
Marshall. The honorary pallbearers
were Mrs. Oscar Taylor, Mrs. Edgar
Taylor, Mrs. Will Taylor and Mrs.
Louise Homer.
Besides her husband, Mr. R. P.
Shipley, she is survived by one niece,
Mrs. Alice Taylor Rogers, of Parks
ley and four nephews, Messrs. Ed
gar Taylor, Oscar Taylor, Will Tay
lor and Herbert Taylor.
Miss Mary E. Bull
Miss Mary E. Bull, formerly of
Accomack County, passed away at
Stamford, Conn., Saturday, February
1st, aged seventy-six years. She
was the daughter of the late Thomas
Bull and Elizabeth Neely Bull, of
“Thornhill,” near Pungoteague, Va.,
where she was born and reared. She
was educated at Margaret Academy
and took special English courses at
Harvard University.
For a number of years Miss Bull
taught at Margaret Academy. When
this school disbanded, she left the
Shore and taught in fashionable
Episcopal Church schools at Omaha,
Nebraska, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Char
leston, S. C., Buffalo, N. Y. and
“Oak Grove,” Bassalboro, Maine. She
retired several years ago.
Her remains were brought to
Onancock and funeral services were
held at the funeral home of Bundick
Johnson Co., on Wednesday after
noon, February 5th, conducted by
Rev. C. E. Stewart, of the Episcopal
Church, of which she was a com
municant and devoted member and
interment was in the family burying
ground at “Thornhill,” near Pungo
teague.
She is survived by two cousins,
Miss Alice Henning and Dr. George
Henning, Dean of George Washing
ton University, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. R. T. Hastings
Mrs. Laura E. Hastings, wife of
Mr. R. T. Hastings, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. Wellington
Mason, Jenkins Bridge, on Saturday
morning, January 25. Funeral ser
vices were held from the home of
another daughter, Mrs. F. R. Brad
ley at Machipongo, on Monday, Janu
ary 27, at 2:00 p. m. conducted by
Rev. J. W. Gee, a former pastor and
interment was in Johnson’s Ceme
tery.
A quartette, composed of Mrs.
Ernest Scott, Miss Mildred Mapp,
Messrs. J. G. Underhill and J. W.
Ames, sang two hymns, favorites of
the deceased.
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. J. Wellington Mason, F. Ray
mond Bradley, Grayson Chesser, B.
D. Holand, Roscoe Walker and Ran
dolph Walker. The honorary pall
bearers were Messrs. S. R. Spady,
John T. Ames, J. P. Wescott, R. S.
Floyd, Sr., J. Lynwood Walker, Har
ry Kellam, E. F. Gibb, A. B. Melson,
C. R. Bell, Ernest Scott, Robert
Jones, T. P. Bell, Fred Floyd, Rich
ard Floyd, George T. Tyson, J. T.
Mapp, Sr., J. W. Ames, Alvin Hol
land, R. C. J. Mapp and Dr. J. W.
jacKson.
Mrs. Hastings, who was 66 years
of age, was a native of Maryland, a
daughter of the late Thomas W. and
Catherine Phoebus Smith. She mov
ed to Virginia in 1907 where she
entered heartily into church and
community life that promoted good
clean citizenship. She was converted
at the early age of 14 joined the
church and remained faithful to her
trust, always struggling under phys
ical handicaps to serve her Master.
Mrs. Hastings was deeply inter
ested in temperance and missionary
work, always first to offer her time
and gifts. In prayer she was truly
gifted, possessing an uncommon pow
er in prayer and song. She lived a
sacrificial life of body and heart for
those who were her very own and
bound her children to service of God
with her prayers.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, two daughters, Mrs. J. Wel
lington Mason and Mrs. F. Raymond
Bradley, one son, Mr. W. T. Hast
ings, four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bozman and Mrs. Marion Disharoon
of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Myra Jones
of Delmar, Del., and Miss Kate
Smith of Machipongo and by three
grandchildren, Mrs. Grayson Ches
ser, Homer Hastings Mason and
Billy T. Hastings, Jr.
Mr. A. Sidney Johnson
Mr. A. Sidney Johnson, a retired
farmer and highly respected citizen,
passed away at his home at Parks
ley, Va., Wednesday, February 5th,
aged 65 years. Mr. Johnson had
been unable to work for the past 11
years, having been blinded by a dis
charge of dynamite while at work.
He was a member of Parksley M. P.
Church.
Funeral services were held at the
home Friday, February 7th, con
ducted by his pastor, Rev. J. W.
Baxley and interment was in Parks
ley Cemetery. The active pallbear
ers were Messrs. J. L. Thornton,
James Russell, Stewart Russell,
Louis Hinman, W. C. Crosley and
Harold Figgs.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Edith M. Johnson, two
daughters, Mrs. George T. Trader of
Rue and Miss Ruth Johnson of Rich
mond, two sons, Messrs. Albert C.
and Millard E. Johnson of Philadel
phia and two brothers, Messrs. Leon
ard B. Johnson of Melfa and Wm. L.
Johnson of Palmyra, Pa.
Miss Mary Floyd Nottingham
Miss Mary Floyd Nottingham,
passed away at ~
ville, Saturday, February 1st, aged
sixty-nine years. Funeral services
were held at her home Monday, Feb
ruary 3rd, conducted by Rev. John
Runkle, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church, of which she was a com
municant and interment was in
Christ Episcopal Church yard.
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. Sargent Nottingham, Robert
Trower, Will Leatherbury, Sherer
Trower, Arthur Saunders and Dr.
Holland Trower. The honorary pall
bearers were Drs. W. W. Williams
and Will Trower, Messrs. William
Williams, William Bradford, Charles
Bradford, R. L. Ailworth, Ben Mears,
John Kellam, J. V. Moore, Clarence
Holland, Jr., Strange Addison, John
Leatherbury, Jeff Edmonds, Henry
Upshur, Addison Jarvis, Len Brad
ford, Rufus Custis, Ben Scott, Hu
bert Collins, Russell Parsons, Wil
liam Agathoin, William Savage,
George Bradford, George Tyson, G.
W. Bradford and Jennings Notting
ham.
Miss Nottingham is survived by
one sister, Miss Nellie Nottingham
of Eastville, two brothers, Messrs.
Herbert Nottingham, of Cape Charles
and W. G. Nottingham of Eastville.
Mrs. Oswald F. Mascn
Mrs. Mollie Mason, widow of the
late Oswald F. Mason of near Blox
om, Va., passed away at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Bunce
in Baltimore, Md., Friday, January
31, aged 77 years. She was a most
estimable Christian woman and a
member of Mappsville Baptist Church
for a number of years.
Her remains were brought to the
county and a burial service was con
ducted at Wessell’s Cemetery, Sun
day morning, February 2nd, Rev.
E. C. Graham and Rev. J. W. Bax
ley officiating.
The active pallbearers were Mes
srs. John Barnes, Mulford Northam,
William Northam, Wm. L. Bunting,
G. E. Bunting and Raymond Parks;
Honorary—Mrs. R. F. Mason, Mrs.
Will Ewell, Mrs. H. W. Metcalf, Mrs.
T. L. Gillespie, Mrs. B. S. Bloxom,
Mrs. G. M. Fisher, Mrs. Claude Be
lote, Mrs. Will Hickman, Mrs. Cres
ton Gillespie, Mrs. Arthur McAllen,
Mrs. Z. D. Lewis, Mrs. Hattie Ab
bott, Mrs. H. W. Gillespie, Mrs.
Brantley Bundick, Mrs. Bruce Nor
tham, Mrs. C. B. Ewell, Misses Eva
Ewell and Josephine Metcalf.
She is survived by three children,
Mrs. W. K. Young of Bloxom, Mrs.
E. L. Bunce of Baltimore, Md., and
Mr. R. Finney Mason of Mappsville,
Va.
Mr. George William Wallace
Mr. George William Wallace, a
highly respected citizen and retired
brick mason, passed away at his
home at Painter, Va., Monday, Feb
ruary 3, aged seventy-nine years.
After retiring from his trade he was
mail carrier from Painter to Quinby
for several years. He was a famil
iar figure at Keller Fair for a num
ber of years, where he was one of
the gatekeepers.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday, February 4th, con
ducted by Rev. H. K. Swann, pastor
of Painter - Garrisons Methodist
Church, of which he was a member.
Interment was in Belle Haven Ceme
tery. The active pallbearers were
his grandsons, Messrs. Coulbourn
Salisbury, W. H. Salisbury, Gumie
Carruthers, Linwood Merritt, Curtis
Wallace and Welford Wallace. The
honorary pallbearers were Messrs.
J. W. Sturgis, W. L. Drummond, W.
H. Phillips, J. S. Bott, J. R. Drum
mond, C. C. Bundick, A. W. Merritt,
A. W .Evans, F. R. Smith, B. R.
Poulson, Joe Poulson, G. E. Jones,
H. A. Lewis, Milton Hickman, C. T.
Elmore, Joe Ennis and W. F. LeCato.
Mr. Wallace is survived by seven
daughters, Mrs. George W. Carruth
ers of Quinby, Mrs. J. C. Salisbury,
Miss Flavie Wallace, Mrs. R. J.
Powers and Mrs. D. E. Lewis of
Painter, Mrs. A. W. Evans of James
ville and Mrs. B. R. Poulson of Ex
more, three sons, Messrs. D. T. Wal
lace of Exmore, R. E. Wallace of
Chester, Pa., and G. M. Wallace of
Tasley and three sisters, Mrs. John
Parker of Belle Haven, Mrs. Elijah
Spence of Wachapreague and Mrs.
George Parker of Paintor, twenty-one
grandchildren and three great grand
children. i
Mrs. John S. Aydelotte
Mrs. Delia Frances Townsend Ay
delotte, widow of the late Dr. John
S. Aydelotte of Snow Hill, Md., pass
ed away at the home of her son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Walter Mapp, Accomac, Va., Wednes
day, February 5th. Had she lived
until February 22 she would have
been ninety-two years old.
Mrs. Aydelotte was the daughter
of the late George C. Townsend and
Esther Holland Townsend and had
resided at Snow Hill, Md., from her
birth until the death of her husband,
September 29, 1929, when she moved
to Accomac to make her home. Her
mother and father were members of
Whatcoat M. E. Church and liberal
contributors to that organization.
Mrs. Aydelotte was reared in this
church and became one of its most
devoted and useful members. In
dustry, perseverance and kindness
were the hallmarks of her character.
In her death there passed from us a
cultured Christian and an appre
ciative friend.
Funeral services were held at
Whatcoat M. E. Church, Friday, Feb
ruary 7th, conducted by Revs. Diss
ton W. Jacob, L. E. Poole and C. H.
Williams and interment was in the
Methodist Cemetery. The active pall
bearers were Messrs. John A. Mapp,
George Walter Mapp, Jr., Thomas
Stockley, O. M. Purnell, Clayton R.
Richardson and Dr. John L. Riley.
She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. G. Walter Mapp of Accomac,
one sister, Miss Mollie Townsend of
Snow Hill, two grandsons, Messrs.
John Aydelotte Mapp and George
Walter Mapp, Jr., of Accomac.
Mr. Arthur F. Justis
Mr. Arthur F. Justis, a highly
esteemed citizen and retired farm
er, of Sanford, Va., died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm.
Currie at Cape Charles, Va., Monday,
February 3rd, aged 68 years. Death
was due to pneumonia. He was a
member of Sanford M. E. Church,
South. Funeral services were held
at Pocomoke Methodist Church, Gro
tons, Va., Tuesday, February 4th,
conducted by his pastor, Rev. F. T.
Fulcher and interment was in Drum
mond Cemetery at Sanford. The ac
tive pallbearers were Messrs. E. H.
Howard, U. G. Miles, Edward Justis,
N. A. Miles, A. D. Justis and D. F.
Hall; Honorary—Mrs. Annie Ryan,
Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. Gamer
Miles, Mrs. B. F. Marshall, Mrs. Ber
nice Vellines, Mrs. L. M. Lewis.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Wm. Currie of Cape Charles,
Mrs. Mary L. Feddeman and Mrs.
Herman Fisher of Parksley, two
sons, Messrs. M. F. Justis of Grot
ons and Bowdoin Justis, of Sanford
and 5 grandchildren.
Locustville
Our cottage prayer meeting was
held in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Jones last Thursday evening.
| The Missionary and Ladies Aid
j Society met with Mrs. Charles
| Killmon.
We are sorry to report that Mrs.
Frank Jones is still confined to her
home. We wish her a speedy re
covery.
Mr. Norman Killmon, of Cape
May, N. J., is spending his vacation
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Killmon. j
Mr. and Mrs. William Eastwood
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burton,
Jr. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. j
Harry Burton, Sr.
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