Lucy Lee Parker & Samuel Joseph Felton & Nancy Eure

Descendants of James Brown Parker and Priscilla Hayes –

Aunt Lucy

Lucy Lee Parker 1863 – 1935 | parents
& 1886 Samuel Joseph Felton 1855 – 1929 | parents
& ca 1881 Nancy [Nannie] A Eure ca 1862 – bef 1886 | parents
of Gates Co NC and Suffolk VA

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My working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

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Lucy Lee Parker 25 Dec 1863 – Aug 1935
married 17 Jan 1886 Samuel Joseph Felton 2 July 1855 – 18 Mar 1929
son of Jethro Felton and wife Mary Lucy Clark
Sam had married 1st Nancy (Nannie) A Eure ca 1862 – bef 1886

Sam and Lucy Felton and baby Calvin James

Children of Samuel Joseph Felton and Nancy (Nannie) Eure:
1. Jethro Felton Mar 1882 – July 1889
2. Mary Jane Felton 7 Apr 1884 – 5 Oct 1974 Suffolk VA
married 19 Apr 1903 Lynwood Gurley Eure 5 June 1881 – 22 Feb 1937
a. Annie Norene Eure 29 Mar 1904 – 27 Feb 1989
married 7 Aug 1932 John Mitchell
b. Elena Doris Eure 13 Feb 1906 – 14 May 1907
c. Essie Lillian Eure 1 Sept 1907 –
married 29 June 1929 Benjamin Jernigan
d. James Samuel Eure 4 May 1909 –
married 15 Feb 1930 Bessie Mitchell
e. John Dalton Eure 17 Oct 1910 –
married 18 Oct 1941 Mary Holland
f. Woodie Windell Eure 30 July 1912 – 21 July 1914
g. Linwood Whedbee Eure 26 Jan 1914 – 1988
married 1 Feb 1947 Rebekah Smith
h. Pocahontas Eure 10 Dec 1915 – 26 Jan 1987
married 31 May 1947 John Rose
i. Nathaniel Lafayette Eure 26 Nov 1917 –
married 20 Sept 1947 Elizabeth Pirie
j. Bonnie Lee Eure 25 Aug 1919 – Jan 1999
married 18 Sept 1938 John Williams
k. unnamed Eure 13 Sept 1921 – 13 Sept 1921
l. Donald Felton Eure 16 Mar 1924 – 12 June 1924

Children of Samuel Joseph Felton and Lucy Lee Parker:

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2. 
3. 
   1. ca 1927 S J Felton holding grandson G M Davis Jr and wife Lucy Parker Felton
   2. Felton farm house in Magnolia VA ca 1927
   3. Lucy Parker Felton ca 1934 in FL at daughter Nellie’s home
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5. 

4. 1941- John Felton, James Felton, Edith Samells Felton, Cennie Lee Felton, G S Keeter Sr, Annie Lee Felton Davis, George M Davis Sr, Nellie Felton Keeter, Cora Turner Felton, Elizabeth Felton Eure, Pearl Williams Felton, Mary Jane Felton Eure, and S S [Crate] Felton.
5. 1941- grandchildren of Sam and Lucy – 24 of their 39 [34 of whom became adults]
first row: Noreen Eure Mitchell [holding baby], Mary Davis, Juanita Davis, and Joyce Felton
second row: Allie Jane Felton, Bettie Davis, Nellie Davis, Lucy Felton and Margaret Felton
third row: Sam Felton, Alice Davis, Staley Felton, unknown, Boots Felton, George M Davis Jr,
unknown, Delman Felton, and J L Felton
back row: Luther Mills Eure, “Buddy” Eure, Mary Eure, unknown, Raleigh Keeter,
India Mae Eure and Marvin? Felton

early 1950’s: James Felton, Mary Jane Eure, Samuel [Crate] Felton,
Elizabeth Eure, Nellie Keeter, John Felton, and Annie Lee Davis
above pictures were in Raleigh Keeter’s family memoir: “Feather Beds, Bed Steads, Iron Pots & Hogs”
included here with his permission

1. Calvin James Felton 12 June 1888 – May 1972 Suffolk VA
married 14 Aug 1918 Edith Samells 12 Aug 1891 – 1973
a. Margaret Edith Felton 12 Mar 1921 Oshawa Canada –
married 11 Nov 1944 Richard Harvey 9 Sept 1911 NY – 1974
i. James [Jay] Harvey 1945 –
married Susan Raccoli
1. Theodore Harvey
2. William Harvey
2. Samuel Socrates [Crate] Felton 20 Jul 1890 NC – Oct 1975 Richmond VA
married Dec 1914 Pearl Purcell Williams 1893 VA – Sept 1991
a. Daisy Watkins Felton 15 Apr 1916 Petersburg VA –
married 11 May 1943 George Horn
b. Lucy Gaynell Felton 28 May 1917 Petersburg VA –
married 1940 Thomas Lafoon
c. Samuel Page Felton ca 1920 Petersburg VA –
married 1955 Helen Martin
d. Joyce Ann Felton 1933 Richmond VA –
married Kipp Fleming
3. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Priscilla Felton 14 June 1892 – 6 Feb 1983 Richmond, VA
married 18 Dec 1909 Walter Nathaniel Eure 10 Nov 1888 – 17 Aug 1934 VA
a. Luther Mills Eure 18 Nov 1910 – 3 Mar 1984 73 yrs
married 14 June 1930 Jessie Duncan
b. Lucy Wilson Eure 19 Oct 1912 – 14 Feb 1989 76 yr 4 m
married 14 Jan 1936 Jasper Staylor
c. Otha (Buddy) Felton Eure 19 Oct 1914 Crewe, VA – dec.
married 26 June 1938 Gertrude McCubbin
d. Helen Iola Eure 4 Nov 1916 – 1994
married 1st Thomas Fahed
married 2nd Savage
e. Mary Elizabeth Eure 10 June 1919 –
married Elton Killman
f. India Mae Eure 23 Oct 1921 – 28 Dec 1999
married Roland Griffin
4. Walter Orlando (Lannie) Felton 13 Sept 1894 – 1936 auto accident

ca 1925 John, Lannie, Crate, and James Felton
photo compliments of Raleigh Keeter

married 1918 Cora Turner 1 Jan 1898 – 12 Sept 1951
a. Joseph LaFayetter Felton 1919 Suffolk Va –
married Mary Plaskie
b. Walter Orlando Felton 11 Jan 1921 – 4 Dec 1965
married 7 July 1950 Girlyn Long
5. John Edward Felton 2 May 1896 Gates NC – 31 March 1979 Suffolk VA
farmer Whaleyville, VA
married 27 Dec 1919 Cennie Lee 6 July 1895 Bertie Co NC – 14 July 1975
daughter of Marcus Judson Lee and wife Amanda Byrd
a. Staley Lee Felton 23 Oct 1920 – 30 July 2002
married 1951 Elizabeth Sims
b. Marvin Edward Felton 20 Jan 1922 – 6 Sept 1999
married 1945 Vivian Ward
c. Samuel J Felton 19 Sept 1924 –
married 1951 Maybelle Lunberger

The Samuel J Felton family 2003
dau. Deedy Crane of Phoenix, Ariz., dau. Ann Griffin of Hollister, Calif., Mattie Lunberger [99yrs], Samuel J Felton, Maybelle, and dau. Leellen Solter of Urbana, Ill

d. Marcus Delman Felton 11 Dec 1926 –
married 1951 Margaret Hurst
e. Allie Jane Felton 30 July 1929 – Feb 1961
married 1953 Raymond Hollowell

Stanley, Allie Jane and Samuel Felton were
all in college at the same time

6. Nellie Iola Felton 5 July 1898 NC – 15 Jan 1980 NY
   moved to Arcadia FL 1920

the Keeters ca 1927

their home

Lucy, the boys and Nellie

1940’s.

Raleigh and Spence
photos from Raleigh Keeter

married 8 Mar 1920 Greenville Spence Keeter 28 July 1870 NC – 17 July 1960 FL
a. Albert Joseph Keeter 30 Nov 1922 – 21 April 1927 Cerebral palsy
b. Greenville Spence Keeter 2 Mar 1924 – 21 April 1966 Hodgkins Disease
married Sept 1948 Ann Shaver
c. Raleigh Felton Keeter 1925 – dec.
married 1954 Jane Durling

Grandchildren of G S and Nellie Keeter

7. Annie Lee Felton 17 Apr 1900 – 26 Oct 1980
   married 21 Dec 1921George M Davis 24 June 1893 – 6 Sept 1991
   farmer Whaleyville, VA
   a. Alice Lee Davis 1924 –
   married 1947 Randolph Johnson
   b. George Marriott Davis 1926 –
   married 1950 Mary Ramsey
   c. Bettie Carra Davis 1928 –
   married 1957 Robert Williams
   d. Nellie Felton Davis [twin of Bettie] 1928 –
   married 1967 Nathaniel Saunders
   e. Juanita Parker Davis 1931 –
   married 1952 Robert Platt
   f. Mary Priscilla Davis 1935 –
   married 1961 Robert Fischer

Nellie, Marriott, and Juanita Davis
all attending college at the same time as their Felton cousins