Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Black, Aileen PettitTaylor November 30, 1990
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Virginian Pilot December 2, 1990

                       AILEEN T. BLACK, COMMUNITY LEADER

Aileen Taylor Black, 86, active in efforts to improve the community for more 
than 60 years, died Nov. 30, 1990, in a hospital.
She was the widow of Barron Foster Black, a civic leader who died in 1974. In 
addition to her own work in civic affairs, she supported his endeavors, such as 
the expansion of Norfolk's libraries, which earned him the accolade of First 
Citizen in 1959. A branch library bears his name. Until his marriage, Barron 
Black was a shy, hard-working young lawyer, a daughter said. "Mother brought him 
out so much, it was unbelievable," she said.
Mrs. Black was known for energy and charm in her recruiting for causes.
"It was natural with her," a friend said, "to enter a room full of people and, 
out of genuine warmth and interest, talk with all who were there, young and old, 
newcomers and longtime friends. She made people feel special."
Constance Darden, a friend of Mrs. Black's, recalled, "To the end she was 
pretty, and she was determined, despite illnesses, to enjoy her family to the 
utmost. Nobody doted on grandchildren more than she did, and she had a lot of 
them."
Mrs. Darden noted that Aileen Black's main interests lay in three fields - 
church work, music and gardening - with excursions into other areas. In 
Norfolk's Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, she was a former president of 
the Women of the Church, served on the altar guild, sang in the choir and was a 
choir mother. She also had sung in the choir of Christ and St. Luke's Church and 
in choruses with the Norfolk Symphony, now the Virginia Symphony. For years she 
was a member of the Symphony's nominating committee and was on the board of 
directors. She was an honorary director at her death.
A member of the Norfolk Garden Club since 1930, she won its Horticultural Award 
in 1974. She raised funds for the Day Nursery. A sustaining member of the Junior 
League, she had been its first corresponding secretary. At the Workshop for the 
Blind, she helped, among other things, with transportation.
Survivors include three daughters, Anna B. Hudgins, Aileen B. Gustin and Jane B. 
Clark, all of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Church of the Good 
Shepherd by the Rev. Ross Wright. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. H.D. 
Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, is handling arrangements. The family will be 
at 7634 North Shore Road, Norfolk, from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial donations 
may be made to the Aileen Black Memorial Fund, care of the Episcopal Church of 
the Good Shepherd, 1520 North Shore Road, Norfolk, 23505.


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