Mary Elizabeth ARMISTEAD^[1]

1890 - 1951  (60 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth ARMISTEAD
  Nickname	Elizabeth
  Birth	28 Sep 1890	Portsmouth City, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Will	27 May 1948	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  will probated	1 Sep 1951	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  Death	1 Sep 1951	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Elizabeth died at her Portsmouth, Virginia home at 8:00pm on 1 September 1951. She was 60 years old. Cause of death was noted as "coronary thrombosis" (heart attack).
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Her remains were interred in the Virnelson family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 3 September 1951.
  Person ID	I1724	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Jefferson ARMISTEAD
  Mother	Mary Louisa HODGES
  Family ID	F1946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Columbus Watts VIRNELSON,   b. 24 Feb 1880, Portsmouth City, VA d. Nov 1965, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1936	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by Rev. C.H. Holwead, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church.
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3901] Columbus Watts Virnelson - Mary Elizabeth Armistead, Portsmouth, VA certificate of marriage no. 19524 (1936). . [S2076] Elizabeth Armistead Vernelson, Virginia death certificate no. 19790 (1951). [S2962] Mary Elizabeth Armistead Virnelson will (1951), Portsmouth, VA Will Book 8, pp. 277 & 425.