Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dey, Georgia Powell Hill December 2, 1942
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot December 3, 1942

                           MRS. DEY, 96, DIES AT HOME

                             Niece of Gen. A.P. Hill 
                          Oldest Member of St. Andrew's 

Mrs. Georgia Powell Hill Dey, aged 96, widow of James B. Dey, Sr. and daughter 
of the late Maj. Thomas J. and Mrs. Louise Jones Hill, died at the residence, 
Apartment C, Raleigh Court, 700 Raleigh Avenue, last night at 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. 
Dey was a native of Culpeper County and a resident of Norfolk for the past 70 
years. Mrs. Dey was a granddaughter of Gen. Harry Hill, who fought under Gen. 
George Washington and was a niece of Gen A.P. Hill, of the Confederate Army.
She was also the oldest member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Surviving her 
are a daughter, Mrs. Louise Dey Norsworthy; three grandchildren, Mrs. Clifford 
Wiggins, Miss Louise Norsworthy and Mrs. Robert H. Chard, all of Norfolk; five 
great grandchildren and a sister, Miss Gillie Hill, of Charlottesville.
The body was taken to the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Avenue, 
pending arrangements.
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Mrs. Georgia Powell Hill Dey - Funeral services for Mrs. Dey, widow of James B. 
Dey, Sr., who died Wednesday night at the residence, 700 Raleigh Avenue, were 
held at the chapel of the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Avenue, 
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Taylor Willis, D.D., rector of 
Christ and St. Luke's Church, officiating. Interment was in Cedar Grove 
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Walter H. Dey, Henry Moore, Dr. E.W. Magruder, Frank 
Beckham, Asa J. Shields, W. Herbert Nash, Samuel J. Northern and Julius G. 
Lohman.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot December 5, 1942


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