Elbert Franklin Virts

1888 - 1977

• Born	2 Jun 1888	Loudoun County, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Oct 1977	Leesburg, Virginia   [2]
  Buried	Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I24	Virts
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	James Marion Virts,   b. 14 Dec 1848, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Oct 1933, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Mary Elisabeth Leigh,   b. 1849, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Mar 1926, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Married	10 Mar 1873	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Viola Riley,   b. 24 Mar 1896, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Apr 1954, Leesburg, Virginia
  Married	21 Dec 1910	Brunswick, Maryland   [3]
  Children	1. Irene Rose Virts,   b. 14 Apr 1914, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 14 Mar 1988, Leesburg, Virginia   2. Robert Leslie Virts,   b. 7 Jan 1916, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 5 Mar 1974, Leesburg, Virginia   3. Ernest Franklin Virts,   b. 16 Aug 1919, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 2 Dec 1984, Leesburg, Virginia   4. Leroy Thomas Virts,   b. 2 Nov 1921, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 13 Aug 1981, Charles Town, West Virginia   5. Catherine Josephine Virts,   b. 12 Jan 1924, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 20 Jul 2009, Leesburg, Virginia   6. Charles Clifford Virts,   b. 29 Apr 1928, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 28 Feb 2013, Washington, DC
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Elbert Franklin Virts, Myrtle Viola Riley, Catherine Josephine Virts, Charles Clifford Virts and Irene Rose Virts Coffman left to right: 1st row - Catherine Josephine Virts, Irene Rose Virts, 2nd row - Elbert Franklin Virts, Myrtle Viola Riley Virts, 3rd row - Charles Clifford Virts Elbert Franklin Virts was born June 2, 1888 in Loudoun County Virginia to James Marion and Mary Elisabeth Leigh Virts. He married Myrtle Viola Riley on December 21, 1910. She was born March 2, 1896 in Loudoun County Virginia and died April 7, 1954 in Lovettsville, Virginia. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia. Their children from above picture: Charles Clifford Virts, Irene Rose Virts, was born April 14, 1914 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died March 14, 1988 in Leesburg, Virginia. She married Monroe E. Coffman was born October 26, 1910 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died January 23, 1996 in Leesburg, Virginia. Both are buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia. Catherine Josephine Virts was born January 12, 1924 in Lovettsville, Virginia and died July 20, 2009 in Leesburg, Virginia. She is buried in Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Cemetery in Lovettsville Virginia
  		James Marion Virts, Newton Brown, Elbert Franklin Virts, Walter Strother, Raymond Eugene Virts, Russell James Virts and Howard William Gosnell, Sr. left to right: James Marion Virts, Newton Brown, Elbert Franklin Virts, Walter Strother, Raymond Eugene Virts, Russell James Virts and Howard William Gosnell, Sr.

  
  

  Headstones

  Elbert Franklin Virts (1888-1977) and Myrtle Viola Riley (1896-1954) Headstone

  
  

  Albums		Elbert Franklin Virts and Myrtle Viola Riley (5)
  		James Marion Virts and Mary Elisabeth Leigh (16)

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick Post, October 4, 1977 Mr. Elbert Franklin Virts, 89 of Lovettsville, Va., husband of the late Myrtle Riley Virts, died Monday, Oct. 3 at the Loudoun Memorial Hospital, Leesburg, Va. He was the son of the late Marion and Mary Elizabeth Leigh Virts. He was a member of St. James United Church of Christ in Lovettsville, Va. He is survived by two daughters; Miss Catherine Virts, at home and Mrs. Irene Coffman, Leesburg, Va.; three sons, Ernest Virts, Paeonian Springs, Va., Leroy Virts, Frederick and Clifford Virts, Brunswick. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Methodist Cemetery in Lovettsville. Notes: Nicknamed "Snowball" for his head of white hair, lived on the Long Lane, Lovettsville, Virginia until 1969 when he had public sale and moved to the town of Lovettsville. He lived with his daughter Catherine, who was blinded from insecticide spray at the Loudoun Orchard, until his death. He worked on farms and did various carpentry work. Elbert's home place owned by Mr. Buckley at the time, burned down in the late 1970's.

  
  

• Sources

  [S690] James Marion Virts Family Bible. [S8773] Virginia Death Certificate No. 77 030612. [S269] Frederick County Maryland Marriage Records.