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Ernest Beverage Hull

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Ernest Beverage Hull

Birth
Hightown, Highland County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 Dec 1929 (aged 42)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Hightown, Highland County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Highland Recorder January 10, 1930

Earnest Beverage Hull, son of Joseph and Amanda Hull was born August 18, 1887 at Hightown, Virginia, He was one of a family of ten composed of nine boys and one girl. Those having preceded Mr. Hull are, one son, Harold, having died some four years ago. His parents and one brother, Kent. Surviving Mr. Hull are his wife, Mrs. Eva Pearl Hull and three children, Mildred Pearl, Quintin and Eugene. Also one sister, Mrs. George Brock and nine brothers, Edward, Luther, William, Jim, George, Alley and Tom. Mr. Hull was very well known throughout this section having been in the mercantile business at Bartow, W. Va., for the past eighteen years. And other than those all ready mentioned, Mr. Hull leaves a host of friends and relatives who will mourn his loss. Funeral services were in charge of Rev. Francis W. Sigler of the M. E. Church at Durbin who was assisted by Rev. G E. Helmentaller of the M. E. Church, South, also of Durbin. The services were conducted at the Bartow church from whence the services were concluded at Hightown, Virginia and interment at the private cemetery at the same place. Rev. Mr. Lucas of Hightown also assisted in the funeral services at that place.

Highland Recorder January 3, 1930

Ernest Hull, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hull of the Hightown community, took his own life in Richmond on Sunday last, while undergoing treatment at the Tucker Sanatorium. Particulars of his death were not learned until Tuesday, when the following notice appeared in the Times Dispatch: E. B. Hull, 42, of Bartow, W. Va. was found dead in bed last night in a rooming house in the 300 block East Franklin Street. His throat had been slashed with a razor. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide, Mr. Hull, identified by Detective Sergeant Raid by letters found in his clothes, had been a patient at a local sanatorium since November 19. The man went to the house Saturday night and paid for a room, saying he wanted to go to bed immediately. He left no notes or explanation. In his pockets were a billfold and two letters from his wife in Bartow. The pocketbook contained a small amount of money and two checks with the name E. B. Hull, general merchandise, Bartow, W. Va. The body was removed to Bennett's undertaking parlors. Something like a year ago Mr. Hull suffered a nervous breakdown, both body and mind being involved, and at the time of his death he was being treated at the institution named. He had left his native county a good many years ago to engage in the mercantile business at Bartow, W. Va. He was twice married his second wife surviving him, as do two or three children. He also has the following surviving brothers and one sister, Mrs. George Brock, of Highland. The brothers are Dr. Forest Hull of Durbin, W. Va.; Edward and William of Augusta county, Luther, James and Thomas Hull of this county. His remains were taken to Bartow where a funeral service was held, after which they were brought to the old home north of Hightown for interment Wednesday afternoon.

Highland Recorder October 14, 1910
Married
Earnest B. Hull and Miss Docie Lee Morrison Hefner, daughter of Mrs. A. E. Hefner, were married at Bartow, W. Va., Sept. 21, 1910.
Highland Recorder January 10, 1930

Earnest Beverage Hull, son of Joseph and Amanda Hull was born August 18, 1887 at Hightown, Virginia, He was one of a family of ten composed of nine boys and one girl. Those having preceded Mr. Hull are, one son, Harold, having died some four years ago. His parents and one brother, Kent. Surviving Mr. Hull are his wife, Mrs. Eva Pearl Hull and three children, Mildred Pearl, Quintin and Eugene. Also one sister, Mrs. George Brock and nine brothers, Edward, Luther, William, Jim, George, Alley and Tom. Mr. Hull was very well known throughout this section having been in the mercantile business at Bartow, W. Va., for the past eighteen years. And other than those all ready mentioned, Mr. Hull leaves a host of friends and relatives who will mourn his loss. Funeral services were in charge of Rev. Francis W. Sigler of the M. E. Church at Durbin who was assisted by Rev. G E. Helmentaller of the M. E. Church, South, also of Durbin. The services were conducted at the Bartow church from whence the services were concluded at Hightown, Virginia and interment at the private cemetery at the same place. Rev. Mr. Lucas of Hightown also assisted in the funeral services at that place.

Highland Recorder January 3, 1930

Ernest Hull, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hull of the Hightown community, took his own life in Richmond on Sunday last, while undergoing treatment at the Tucker Sanatorium. Particulars of his death were not learned until Tuesday, when the following notice appeared in the Times Dispatch: E. B. Hull, 42, of Bartow, W. Va. was found dead in bed last night in a rooming house in the 300 block East Franklin Street. His throat had been slashed with a razor. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide, Mr. Hull, identified by Detective Sergeant Raid by letters found in his clothes, had been a patient at a local sanatorium since November 19. The man went to the house Saturday night and paid for a room, saying he wanted to go to bed immediately. He left no notes or explanation. In his pockets were a billfold and two letters from his wife in Bartow. The pocketbook contained a small amount of money and two checks with the name E. B. Hull, general merchandise, Bartow, W. Va. The body was removed to Bennett's undertaking parlors. Something like a year ago Mr. Hull suffered a nervous breakdown, both body and mind being involved, and at the time of his death he was being treated at the institution named. He had left his native county a good many years ago to engage in the mercantile business at Bartow, W. Va. He was twice married his second wife surviving him, as do two or three children. He also has the following surviving brothers and one sister, Mrs. George Brock, of Highland. The brothers are Dr. Forest Hull of Durbin, W. Va.; Edward and William of Augusta county, Luther, James and Thomas Hull of this county. His remains were taken to Bartow where a funeral service was held, after which they were brought to the old home north of Hightown for interment Wednesday afternoon.

Highland Recorder October 14, 1910
Married
Earnest B. Hull and Miss Docie Lee Morrison Hefner, daughter of Mrs. A. E. Hefner, were married at Bartow, W. Va., Sept. 21, 1910.


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