Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gimbert, Robert McClannan  June 25, 1937
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The Norfolk Virginian Pilot June 29, 1937
Gimbert's Body Floats Ashore

Newport News, June 28- The body of Robert Gimbert, 29, of Norfolk, who drowned 
when he fell overboard in Hampton Roads early Friday night, washed ashore early 
this afternoon at Pier Six in the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and 
Dry Dock Company.
Workmen on the pier first noticed the body in the water at 1:15 o'clock, and 
notified Dr. Colbert Tyler, coroner. Dr. Tyler went to the shipyard and 
examined the body, pronouncing death due to drowning.
Mr. Gimbert drowned when he fell from a 35 foot cabin cruiser which was being 
operated by C.C. Cousins about half a mile south of Middle Ground Light. One of 
a party of four, the young man had separated himself from the rest of the group 
to attend to some duty on deck. His disappearance was not noticed immediately, 
and though the party cruised about the vicinity for some time, searching they 
were unable to locate him.
The body was removed to the Caffee Funeral Parlors here, and Norfolk officials 
were notified.
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Funeral Tomorrow
Robert McClannan Gimbert-Funeral services for Robert McClannan Gimbert, son of 
John H. and Mrs. Ruth McClannan Gimbert, who accidentally drowned in Hampton 
Roads Friday night, will be at the Ewell & Williamson Funeral Home, Thirty-
Fifth Street at Colonial Avenue, tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Cedar 
Grove Cemetery. Besides his parents, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Mary 
Alvine Gimbert; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Swain and Mrs. Joseph Fantone; four 
brothers, L.M., W.L., J.G. and R.W. Gimbert all of Norfolk, and a number of 
nieces and nephews.

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