Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butcher, Georgetta Belle Bockover "Etta" February 26, 1939
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot February 27, 1939

Mrs. Georgetta Belle Bockover Butcher, widow of William Read Butcher, died at 
2:20 p.m. yesterday at the home of her son, William Read Butcher, Jr., 374 
Lexington Boulevard, Richmond, after a long illness.
Mrs. Butcher, who was in her eightieth year, was the daughter of Benjamin Terry 
Bockover and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hathaway Bockover and had resided in Norfolk 
all her life. She was prominently identified with several musical organizations 
of the city and also was a member of long standing in the Ministering Circle of 
the King's Daughters. She was a member of Epworth Methodist Church and one of 
the founders of McKendree Methodist Church. She was a member of the former 
Melody Club and of the old Norfolk College alumnae.
Surviving Mrs. Butcher are two sons, John Henry Butcher, of Norfolk and William 
Read Butcher, Jr., at whose home she died; a granddaughter, Miss Carolyn Murry 
Butcher and four nephews and five nieces.
The body was brought to the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home last night and will be 
taken from there to Epworth Methodist Church for funeral services tomorrow at 12 
o'clock, noon. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.


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