Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gibson, Grace Rockafeller April 30, 1952
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot Thursday May 1, 1952
Richmond, April 30 ---Mrs. Grace Rockafeller Gibson, wife of Dr. W.E. 
Gibson, pastor emeritus of Broadus Memorial Church, which he served 35 
years, died at 1:10 p.m. today at her home here.
She is survived by a son, Charles Rockafeller Gibson, of Richmond; a sister, 
Mrs. Lillian Gibbs, of New York City; a niece, Miss Shirley Gibbs of New 
York, and two grandsons, the Rev. Charles W. Gibson and John E. Gibson, both 
of Richmond. 
Mrs. Gibson was a native of Baltimore; a graduate of Ryland Institute, 
Norfolk, and was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Frances Fritter 
Rockafeller, of Norfolk.  She was a member of Broadus Memorial Baptist 
Church for 40 years; a teacher in the Sunday School for 38 years; was past 
president of the Woman's Missionary Union of the church; chairman of the 
R.E. Chambers Missionary Circle, and served on the baptismal committee, the 
interracial committee and the flower committee of the church for many years.
Mrs. Gibson was a former member of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church, 
Norfolk.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Billups Funeral Home, 
here, with Dr. Solon B. Cousins, instructor in Bible at the University of 
Virginia, and the Rev. Horace Ford, pastor of Broadnus Memorial Church, 
officiating.  Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery, Norfolk.


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