Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilbert, Howard Alonzo September 2, 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 October 16, 2025, 10:25 am Virginian-Pilot September 3, 1970 NORFOLK - Howard Alonzo Gilbert, 78, of 7606 Sheryl Drive, the husband of Mrs. Ruth Henley Gilbert and son of Alonzo Jacob and Mrs. Sarah Joyce Gilbert, died in a hospital Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. A native of Hampton, he lived here 60 years. He was a member of the Colonial Avenue United Methodist Church and the Civil Service Retirement Association. He retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 33 years. Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William E. Owens, Jr., of Norfolk, and two grandsons, William E. Owens, III, and Gary Gilbert Owens, all of Norfolk; and nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Friday at 1 p.m. by the Rev. Emmit W. S. Gowin of Colonial Avenue United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/g/gilbert17425nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb