Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Downey, Elizabeth Wilson May 13, 2002
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Elizabeth Wilson Downey , 86, a Norfolk native and longtime resident of 
Edgewater, died May 13, 2002, at Westminster Canterbury where she had lived for 
many years. She was the daughter of the late Franklin D. Wilson, M.D., and Ruth 
Harrison Wilson.



A graduate of Maury High School, the Norfolk Division of William and Mary, now 
ODU, and Richmond Polytechnical Institute, now VCU, Mrs. Downey then studied a 
year at the Parson School of Design in New York City. She returned to Norfolk 
to pursue a career working as an interior designer for many years at Cofer's 
Inc. She also shared her knowledge teaching courses in design at Norfolk 
Vocational School for several years.



She was a member of the Hermitage Foundation, The Church of the Good Shepherd 
in Norfolk, and had been active in the work of the Episcopal Church Women, St. 
Mary's Soup Kitchen and Angel Flight.



Mrs. Downey is survived by two daughters, Anne Downey Brockenbrough of Norfolk 
and Elizabeth Downey Drury of Jupiter, Fla.; six grandchildren, James Gill 
Brockenbrough III of Goochland County, Va., Anne Mercer Brockenbrough of 
Athens, Ga., Austin Cross Brockenbrough of Charlotte, N.C., William Mallory 
Brockenbrough of Athens, Ga., Crawford Reeves Drury and Parker Elizabeth Drury, 
both of Jupiter, Fla.; and a great-granddaughter, Mary Katherine Elizabeth 
Brockenbrough of Goochland County, Va.



Her life will be celebrated in a memorial service today at Westminster 
Canterbury, 3100 Shore Drive, at 2 p.m. Following the service, family and 
friends will gather at a reception in the Bay View Room.



The family requests that memorial donations be made to Angel Flight or The 
Church of the Good Shepherd's Outreach. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Virginia 
Beach Chapel, is handling arrangements. 

 

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