Ellen Beaty THURKLE

1879 - 1958  (79 years)

• Name	Ellen Beaty THURKLE
  Born	1879	London, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	1958	Alberta, Virginia
  Person ID	I1081	John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2018

  
  

  Family	Lyman SHEPARD           b. 1889, Westwood Grove, Raleigh Co., Virginia           d. 1952  (Age 63 years)
  Married	c 1908	Hertford, North Carolina
  Children	1. Mary Frances Shepard SHEPARD           b. 1909, Hertford, North Carolina           d. 16 May 1987, Alberta, Virginia  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: . Mary Frances was a Latin Teacher whose poetry was published in the Poetry Cuorsity of Virginia's Anthology in 1985. She married Meade Flinn of Alberta. VA on Aug 1, 1934. Her obituary notice in the Richmond paper. May 18, 1987, gives this account of her life: "A funeral for Mrs. Mary Frances Shepard Flinn, a retired teacher of Latin & English in the Brunswick County schools was held today at Trinity-St. Mark's Episcopal Church here. (Alberta, VA). Burial was in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hertford, N.C. "Mrs. Flinn, whose career spanned 27 years, died Saturday in a Richmond hospital. She was 78. "She was known for translating poems from Latin & for original poems about the Perquaman River area of the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Albemarle Sound. " A native of Hertford, N.C. Mrs. Flinn graduated in 1930 from what is now Longwood College. She was a member of the Poetry Society of Virginia, the Alberta Woman's Club & the Hicksford Chapter of the American Revolution & a charter member of the Alberta Book Club. "Survivors include her husband Meade Flinn, 2 sons, Lyman Meade Flinn & Robert Strudevant Flinn of Alberta."