Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crosby, Marion Parry February 25, 1966
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Virginian-Pilot  February 26, 1966
NORFOLK — Mrs. Marion Parry Crosby of 7909 North Shore Road, a garden club leader, 
died Friday in her home.
She was the wife of Dr. Albert V. Crosby and a daughter of Thomas and Mrs. Isabell 
Wood Parry. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
She was a past president of the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs and the 
Federation of Garden Clubs of Norfolk and Vicinity.
An accredited flower show judge in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York, she taught 
garden subjects in eight states, exhibited and judged in out-of-town shows, and 
helped organize many garden clubs.
She was chairman of the Women's Division of the Eastern Virginia War Bonds drive 
and received the Quota Club’s international award for services rendered during 
World War II.
She was also a past president of the Pilot Club and was instrumental in having 
Norfolk plant crepe myrtle, now the city's flower.
The Marion Crosby Garden Club was named for her, and she was honored by the city 
with the creation of the Marion Crosby Ferndale, a fern and wildflower garden in 
the Norfolk Botanical Gardens.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hope Crosby Moessner of 
Norfolk; a son, Albert V. Crosby Jr. of Virginia Beach; and four grandchildren.
The Rosary will be recited in H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
A funeral service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Catholic 
Church, Newport Avenue. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to 
a favorite charity.

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