Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gill, Blanche Batchelder October 11, 1967
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Virginian-Pilot October 12, 1967
NORFOLK — Mrs. Blanche Batchelder Gill, 87, well-known in Norfolk-area 
historical circles, died Wednesday in a hospital.
A native of Norfolk, she was the widow of D. Frank Gill, founder and president 
of James G. Gill Co., Inc., coffee roaster and dealer, and a daughter of Forest 
and Mrs. Ella Holland Batchelder.
Over the years she contributed largely toward the restoration of the early 
Norfolk County records dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Great Bridge Chapter of Daughters 
of the American Revolution, Norfolk Historical Society, and Princess Anne 
Country Club.
She is survived by a nephew, James Gill Brockenbrough of Norfolk, and a cousin, 
Mrs. Virginia Black Edwards of Confluence, Pa.
The body was taken to H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, where a funeral service 
will be held Friday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Andrew R. Bird Jr. of First 
Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.


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