Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gibson, Mary Virginia August 10, 1999
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Thursday, August 12, 1999 
Mary Virginia Gibson, 85, of the 900 block of Wolcott Ave., died Aug. 10, 1999.

Born in Norfolk, she was retired as a nurse from Sentara Norfolk General
Hospital after 26 years of service and as a substitute teacher for Norfolk
public schools after six years of service. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist
Church, Norfolk, where she was a missionary and a Sunday School teacher. She was
also a past worthy matron of the United Order of the Eastern Star, Margaret
Francis Chapter. She was educated in the Norfolk public schools and Norfolk
State University, and was the first African American Grey Lady to wrap bandages
in World War II.

The widow of Theophilus Gibson Sr., she is survived by a daughter, Doris Hall of
Norfolk, and a son, Theophilus Gibson Jr., both of Norfolk; a brother, Caulbert
Shorts of Philadelphia; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church,
Norfolk, by Dr. John Foster. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery , Norfolk. The
family will assemble at 1 p.m. at 980 Wolcott Ave. for the procession to the
church. The body will lie in repose at noon in the church. Metropolitan Funeral
Service, Berkley Avenue, is handling arrangements. 

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