Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilchrist, John Randolph May 29, 1976 ************************************************ 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: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 July 3, 2015, 2:40 pm The Virginian Pilot May 30, 1976 NORFOLK - John Randolph Gilchrist, 77, of 1142 Manchester Ave., died Saturday in a hospital. A native of Arbyle, N.Y., he retired in 1962 as a chemist with Union Carbide after 30 years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Norfolk. Survivors include two sons, Homer Reid Gilchrist of Phoenix, Ariz., and Robert Skeels Gilchrist of Sandusky, Ohio; a sister, Miss Dorothy Gilchrist of Norfolk; a brother, William NacNeil Gilchrist of Beaufort, N.C.; and five grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Elmwood Cemetery by Dr. Andrew R. Bird Jr. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, has charge. The family suggests memorial donations to Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters. Additional Comments: Elmwood GILCHRIST, JOHN R I25212 Section ELM EXT, Block 4, Lot 15, Space 11 0 05/29/1976 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/g/gilchris8714gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb