Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. today for Mrs. Jennie Edwina Grove Ellison, 96, one of Waynesboro's oldest residents, who died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at her home, 216 South Wayne Avenue. She had been in failing health for the past two years, but up to that time had been active, occasionally attending the Waynesboro Baptist Church where she was a member , going for drives and taking care of her flowers.
The service today was held at the white pillared home on Wayne Avenue, one of the city's land marks where she had lived for more than 60 years. Dr. Pierce S. Ellis, pastor of the Waynesboro Baptist Church, officiated and interment took place in Riverview Cemetery here.
Mrs. Ellison was one of the few people, who had lived in Waynesboro through the growing pains which brought it from the reconstruction period following the War Between the States, through the boom days of the 1890's, World War I and the industrial expansion of the 1929-1930 period and a second World War, Waynesboro during her time had grown from a small hamlet to a city of first class.
She came here in 1873 following her marriage to John Willis Ellison, one of the prominent business men of Waynesboro's early days. He came with Samuel Hunt, operated a store at the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue, now site of the Lambert, Barger, and Branaman Building. Mr. Ellison died Feb. 1, 1916.
Born Aug. 16, 1851, in Luray, Mrs. Ellison was the ninth child of Emanuel and Frances Brumback Grove. She is survived by two sons, Walter G. Ellison Sr., Walnut Avenue, John W. Ellison, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Eva Lee Ellison, both of the Wayne Avenue address. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Mrs. Thomas Lawson, of New York City; W. G. Ellison, Jr., of Waynesboro; Thomas Willis Ellison, Washington, D. C.; William Talbott Ellison, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; and John Randolph Ellison and Leslie Warren Ellison, both of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. also surviving are four great grandchildren, and a brother, Dr. Frank W. Grove, of Luray.
Active pallbearers for the service today were J. W. Wright, J. Albert Clark, William B. Gallaher, A. Vastine Coyner, Leonard Aldridge, and C. G. Quesenbery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: February 9, 1948
The service today was held at the white pillared home on Wayne Avenue, one of the city's land marks where she had lived for more than 60 years. Dr. Pierce S. Ellis, pastor of the Waynesboro Baptist Church, officiated and interment took place in Riverview Cemetery here.
Mrs. Ellison was one of the few people, who had lived in Waynesboro through the growing pains which brought it from the reconstruction period following the War Between the States, through the boom days of the 1890's, World War I and the industrial expansion of the 1929-1930 period and a second World War, Waynesboro during her time had grown from a small hamlet to a city of first class.
She came here in 1873 following her marriage to John Willis Ellison, one of the prominent business men of Waynesboro's early days. He came with Samuel Hunt, operated a store at the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue, now site of the Lambert, Barger, and Branaman Building. Mr. Ellison died Feb. 1, 1916.
Born Aug. 16, 1851, in Luray, Mrs. Ellison was the ninth child of Emanuel and Frances Brumback Grove. She is survived by two sons, Walter G. Ellison Sr., Walnut Avenue, John W. Ellison, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Eva Lee Ellison, both of the Wayne Avenue address. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Mrs. Thomas Lawson, of New York City; W. G. Ellison, Jr., of Waynesboro; Thomas Willis Ellison, Washington, D. C.; William Talbott Ellison, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; and John Randolph Ellison and Leslie Warren Ellison, both of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. also surviving are four great grandchildren, and a brother, Dr. Frank W. Grove, of Luray.
Active pallbearers for the service today were J. W. Wright, J. Albert Clark, William B. Gallaher, A. Vastine Coyner, Leonard Aldridge, and C. G. Quesenbery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: February 9, 1948
Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. today for Mrs. Jennie Edwina Grove Ellison, 96, one of Waynesboro's oldest residents, who died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at her home, 216 South Wayne Avenue. She had been in failing health for the past two years, but up to that time had been active, occasionally attending the Waynesboro Baptist Church where she was a member , going for drives and taking care of her flowers.
The service today was held at the white pillared home on Wayne Avenue, one of the city's land marks where she had lived for more than 60 years. Dr. Pierce S. Ellis, pastor of the Waynesboro Baptist Church, officiated and interment took place in Riverview Cemetery here.
Mrs. Ellison was one of the few people, who had lived in Waynesboro through the growing pains which brought it from the reconstruction period following the War Between the States, through the boom days of the 1890's, World War I and the industrial expansion of the 1929-1930 period and a second World War, Waynesboro during her time had grown from a small hamlet to a city of first class.
She came here in 1873 following her marriage to John Willis Ellison, one of the prominent business men of Waynesboro's early days. He came with Samuel Hunt, operated a store at the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue, now site of the Lambert, Barger, and Branaman Building. Mr. Ellison died Feb. 1, 1916.
Born Aug. 16, 1851, in Luray, Mrs. Ellison was the ninth child of Emanuel and Frances Brumback Grove. She is survived by two sons, Walter G. Ellison Sr., Walnut Avenue, John W. Ellison, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Eva Lee Ellison, both of the Wayne Avenue address. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Mrs. Thomas Lawson, of New York City; W. G. Ellison, Jr., of Waynesboro; Thomas Willis Ellison, Washington, D. C.; William Talbott Ellison, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; and John Randolph Ellison and Leslie Warren Ellison, both of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. also surviving are four great grandchildren, and a brother, Dr. Frank W. Grove, of Luray.
Active pallbearers for the service today were J. W. Wright, J. Albert Clark, William B. Gallaher, A. Vastine Coyner, Leonard Aldridge, and C. G. Quesenbery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: February 9, 1948
The service today was held at the white pillared home on Wayne Avenue, one of the city's land marks where she had lived for more than 60 years. Dr. Pierce S. Ellis, pastor of the Waynesboro Baptist Church, officiated and interment took place in Riverview Cemetery here.
Mrs. Ellison was one of the few people, who had lived in Waynesboro through the growing pains which brought it from the reconstruction period following the War Between the States, through the boom days of the 1890's, World War I and the industrial expansion of the 1929-1930 period and a second World War, Waynesboro during her time had grown from a small hamlet to a city of first class.
She came here in 1873 following her marriage to John Willis Ellison, one of the prominent business men of Waynesboro's early days. He came with Samuel Hunt, operated a store at the corner of Main Street and Wayne Avenue, now site of the Lambert, Barger, and Branaman Building. Mr. Ellison died Feb. 1, 1916.
Born Aug. 16, 1851, in Luray, Mrs. Ellison was the ninth child of Emanuel and Frances Brumback Grove. She is survived by two sons, Walter G. Ellison Sr., Walnut Avenue, John W. Ellison, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Eva Lee Ellison, both of the Wayne Avenue address. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Mrs. Thomas Lawson, of New York City; W. G. Ellison, Jr., of Waynesboro; Thomas Willis Ellison, Washington, D. C.; William Talbott Ellison, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; and John Randolph Ellison and Leslie Warren Ellison, both of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. also surviving are four great grandchildren, and a brother, Dr. Frank W. Grove, of Luray.
Active pallbearers for the service today were J. W. Wright, J. Albert Clark, William B. Gallaher, A. Vastine Coyner, Leonard Aldridge, and C. G. Quesenbery.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: February 9, 1948
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