THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 24, 1995 TAG: 9502240491
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Ellis J. Land, 84, of the 9600 block of Sherwood Place, died Feb. 22, 1995, in a Virginia Beach hospital.
Mr. Land was born in Norfolk County. He retired from Ford Motor Co. and Cavalier Ford, was a member of Saints & Sinners, Elks Lodge and Loyal Order of the Moose, was an honorary member of the Chesapeake Athletic Club and past president of Ocean View Golf Association. He was the widower of Effie Tenney Land.
He was the beloved father of Wayne Land of Virginia Beach. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Patty Litton, Sandy Robertson and Cindy Edwards, all of Virginia Beach, and Gary Land of Killington, Vt.; five great-grandchildren, Amber, Tyler, Erin, Eric and Dexter; two nephews, Robert Yates and Bill Goodson; a niece, Vicki Moye; and great nieces and nephews, Billy, Nicole and Holly.
A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by the Rev. Ernest L. Trueblood. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.
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