Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brush, Hilda Bell April 20, 2024
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H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. April, 2024
Hilda Bell Brush, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Saturday, April 
20, 2024, at the age of 100.
Born and raised in Dunn, North Carolina, the youngest of five daughters to 
Willis Claude and Juneutta Owens Bell, Hilda was proud of whence she came. Her 
four sisters remained a big part of her life for their lifetimes, and after 
their passings.
The word “catholic” applied to Hilda on multiple levels; with a big C, for her 
allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church, but also with a little c, to describe 
her eclectic interests and avocations. Through her lifetime she enjoyed 
exercising, vegetable gardening, history, crafts like crocheting and ceramics, 
volunteering with her church, reading, televised boxing, and music. She 
particularly enjoyed music appealing to her Irish heritage, including the Irish 
Tenors and her beloved Daniel O’Donnell. She especially loved animals. She 
approached much in her life with an abundance of vigor and with an interesting 
brand of humor.
Predeceased by her parents, sisters Elsie Hoggard, Marguerite Southerland, 
Maggie Ireland and Hazel Parnham Foltz, and husband of 67 years, Alfred Paul 
Brush, Hilda is survived by two daughters, Carol Anne Cary, and Janet Lee 
Gerney; five grandchildren, George Douglas Miller Cary III, Lee Cary Chase, 
Joseph Anthony Gerney, Jennifer Ann Gerney and Mary Elizabeth Shute; and many 
great-grandchildren. A graveside service with be conducted Tuesday, May 7 at 
10:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at a 
viewing on Monday, May 6 at 5:00 pm at H.D. Oliver Funeral Home in Norfolk, 
Virginia.


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