Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ferebee, Oscar Benson, Jr. May 21, 2010
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Virginian-Pilot May 22, 2010
VIRGINIA BEACH - Oscar B. Ferebee Jr., 92, husband of Sandra Warren Ferebee, set 
sail on his final voyage May 21, 2010, after leading a full and vibrant life. 
O.B., the son of the late Oscar Benson Ferebee and Florence Swingley Ferebee, 
was born in Norfolk, Dec. 17, 1917. He graduated from Maury High School in the 
Class of 1936.
He was predeceased by his daughter, Florence Ann Ferebee Pope and five brothers, 
Joseph Nelson Ferebee, Emory Cook Ferebee, Francis Kenyon Ferebee, David 
Swingley Ferebee and John Terrell Ferebee.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Warren Ferebee of Virginia Beach, and two 
daughters, Mary Keys "Keysie" Ferebee Maddox of Spartanburg, S.C., and her 
husband Joe, and Amy Elizabeth Ferebee Supan of Norfolk; as well as his sister, 
Ann Elizabeth Ferebee of New York City. Seven grandchildren also survive him, 
Alexandra "Lexa" Page Pope, Oscar "Ferebee" Tunno, Sara Miles Pope, Joshua 
"Josh" Paul Supan, Finn Michael Supan, Cyrus Keys Maddox and Joseph "McGee" 
Maddox.
O.B. joined the Navy as a second class storekeeper on Dec. 19, 1941. In July of 
1942, he joined the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet and later 
became a second lieutenant in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. He 
returned home in March 1947 as a captain, C.A.C.
O.B. joined Goodman Segar Hogan Real Estate that spring. In June 1950, he joined 
the United States Marine Corps Reserve as a captain. Two weeks later, his unit 
was called up for active duty in Korea.
In 1952, after the Korean War, O.B. returned home and back to work for Goodman 
Segar Hogan Inc. as a residential salesman, working mostly in the Norfolk area. 
Soon after returning home, the Goodman Segar Hogan partners formed a new 
company, Goodman Segar Hogan Residential Sales Corporation and O.B. became the 
managing partner.
The company and the area grew very rapidly and by the mid-1970s GSH Residential 
had 12 offices from the Oceanfront to Williamsburg.
O.B. received many awards from the Realtor Organization and The Sales and 
Marketing Executives International. He was also very active in the formation of 
and the work of the Real Estate Information Network. For more than 50 years, he 
was active in the company and the real estate industry before retiring in 2002.
O.B. was an avid golfer and yachtsman. He was a member of the Princess Anne 
Country Club, the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club and was a past commodore of the 
Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, at First 
Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach by Pastor Gary W. Combs. Immediately 
following the service, a reception will be held at the Princess Anne Country 
Club. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements.
Online condolences may be made to the family at hdoliver.com.

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