Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gibbs, Estelle D., 1972 

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ESTELLE DODGE GIBBS 

MRS. ESTELLE GIBBS 

  SMITHFIELD - Mrs. [sic*] Estelle Gibbs, 59, died Tuesday in Riverside 
Hospital, Newport News, after a long illness. 

  A native of Tyrrell County, N.C., she was a daughter of Lloyd O. and Mrs. 
Edith Dodge [Gibbs]. 

  She was a grocery operator and a Methodist. 

  Surviving are two sons, Jack Gibbs of Smithfield and Freddie Gibbs of 
Manquin; five sisters, Mrs. Mildred Tetterton and Mrs. Emma Drewry [sic*] of 
Smithfield, Mrs. Thelma Graves of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Edna Pearl Edwards 
of South Norfolk, and Mrs. Florine Coley of Norfolk; a brother, W.I. Gibbs 
of Baltimore; and nine grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Colonial Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Edward M. Garrett Jr. of Benn's United Methodist Church.  Burial 
will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 

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Services Held Thursday for Mrs. Gibbs 

  Estelle Gibbs, 59, died Tuesday, July 25, 1972, in Riverside Hospital 
following a long illness. 

  A native of Tyrell County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late 
Lloyd O. Gibbs and Edith Dodge Gibbs. 

  She was a member of the Methodist Church and a merchant. 

  She is survived by two sons, Jack Gibbs of Smithfield and Freddie Gibbs of 
Manquin, Virginia; five sisters, Mrs. Mildred Tetterton and Mrs. Emma Drewery 
[sic*] of Smithfield, Mrs. Thelma Graves of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Edna Pearl 
Edwards of South Norfolk, and Mrs. Florine Coley of Norfolk; one brother, W.L. 
[sic; W.I.] Gibbs of Baltimore, Maryland; and nine grandchildren. 

  Funeral services were conducted Thursday, July 27, at 2:00 from the Colonial 
Funeral Home, Smithfield, by the Rev. Edward M. Garrett, Jr., pastor of Benn's 
United Methodist Church. 

  Interment was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia. 

  Pallbearers were Leslie Brickhouse, Frank Latimer, Roland Spady, Victor 
White, Bobby Dickerson and Arnold Bartlett. 


Estelle Dodge GIBBS, grocery operator, 
b. 2 Nov 1912, Tyrrell Co., NC, d. 25 Jul 1972, Newport News, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 27 Jul 1972, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Wed., July 26, 1972, p. B-14; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 53, No. 302, Wed., July 26, 1972, p. 16; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 53, No. 30, Wed., Aug. 2, 1972, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

The "Pilot" & "News-Herald" obits are identical. 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #53557058  [no grave photo] 

Her parents, Lloyd Olian and Edith Phoebe (DODGE) GIBBS, are buried in 
   Block Q, Lot S 1/2-8. 

D.Cert. 72-020881 gives never married. 

She appears in the 1940 & '50 Census in Newport District, Isle of Wight Co. 
   as single. 

Her son Jack (b. ca. 1931, Tyrrell Co., NC) & Charlotte Ann MARTIN 
   m. 14 Dec 1951; they div. in 1959.  M.Cert. 36639 (Isle of Wight Co. #118) 
   gives his father as George Roy BRICKHOUSE. 

Her sister Emma's married name appears both as DREWERY & DREWRY, 
   as do records of her husband James Edward Jr. 


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