Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Doumar, George Joseph October 30, 1974
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Virginian-Pilot  November 1, 1974
NORFOLK—George Joseph Doumar, 83, of 4100 Holly Ave., recognized as a pioneer ice
cream cone merchant and the area's  earliest drive-in curb service business, died 
Wednesday in his home.
A native of Medan, Syria, he came to this country as a child and attended public 
schools in Summit, N.J. He permanently moved to Norfolk in 1912 after having 
worked at Ocean View for 15 years with an ice cream concession during the summer 
resort season.
During the winter, he became a professional photographer and he established the 
first 24-hours developing and printing service in Norfolk.
He subsequently became manager of the Doumar Cone Co. in 1920, and developed full-
time confectionery stores and an ice cream shop at Ocean View Park and in Norfolk.
Doumar’s brother, Abe, had an ice cream concession at the 1904 St. Louis World’s 
Fair. His feature was a “cornucopia” or a twisted waffle containing ice cream. The 
Doumar family has claimed to have invented the ice cream cone. They operated ice 
cream concessions from Coney Island, N.Y., and on the New Jersey coast after the 
St. Louis Fair and opened a stand in Ocean View in 1907.
He was president at his death of Doumar’s Cone and Barbecue, Inc.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Norfolk, Elks Lodge 38, and 21st 
Street Business Area Association.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Margot Meshala Doumar; three sons, Albert G. 
Doumar, Victor G. Doumar and Robert G. Doumar of Norfolk; two sisters; Mrs. Jennie 
D. Khoury of Florence, S.C., and Mrs. Helen D. Lovejoy of Alexandria; and nine 
grandchildren.
The Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 in H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments.
A Requiem Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church with burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be sent to a charity of choice. 

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