Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gorman, Edward James January 11, 1942
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot January 12, 1942

                     CAUSE DEATH OF JUSTICE GORMAN        

         Funeral Services for Well Known Norfolk Resident Tomorrow

Fumes from a corroded connection to a bathroom gas heater yesterday caused the 
death of Justice of the Peace Edward James Gorman, 78, for many years active in 
the civic and political life of Norfolk. He died at the residence, 532 Warren 
Crescent.
Mr. Gorman's body was found in the bathtub by members of the family at 2:10 p.m. 
The gas heater was burning, fumes having spread from the room to other parts of 
the house and water was running into the tub. A pulmotor was rushed to the 
residence in an effort to revive him.
The death was unquestionably an accident, Dr. C.D.J. MacDonald, city coroner, 
said after an investigation. The metal hose joining the gas connection and the 
heater had several leaks in it. No inquest is necessary, he said.
                        Former Revenue Commissioner
Mr. Gorman, son of the late Thomas and Mrs. Catherine Farren Gorman, was a 
native of Richmond and had spent practically his entire life in Norfolk. Active 
in civic and political life, one of his first positions was that of commissioner 
of revenue under W.W. Dey, nearly 45 years ago.
He later was named city collector, an office which he held until defeated in 
1913. He then served for a number of years in the city treasurer's office.
                             Justice 12 Years
For the past 12 years, Mr. Gorman had served as a justice of the peace, attached 
to the First Precinct. He was highly regarded in this position and on occasion 
he served as police justice in the absence of the justice and associate justice.
He is survived by one daughter, Miss Mary D. Gordon; one son, Edward James 
Gordon, Jr., both of Bon Air and two sisters, Misses Mary J. and Catherine 
Gorman, both of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of which Mr. 
Gorman was a member, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in St. 
Mary's Cemetery.
Rosary services will be conducted at the residence tonight at 8:30 o'clock.
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Edward James Gorman - Funeral services for Mr. Gorman, who died Sunday at the 
residence, 532 Warren Crescent, were held yesterday at 10 o’clock at Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev. E. P. Kilgalen, pastor, officiating. The 
Rev. Paul V. Heller, the Rev. M. J. Harrison, the Rev. F. V. Bambrick and the 
Rev. Peter Schoutten were present in the sanctuary.
In his address at the conclusion of the mass, Father Kilgalen paid tribute to 
the Christian life and character of Mr. Gorman. There was a large attendance and 
many floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of pink carnations, 
baby's breath and fern. Several selections were played on the organ during the 
service by J. Harvey Stevens. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Services at 
the grave were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Heller.
Honorary pallbearers were Col. Charles B. Borland, B. Gray Tunstall, A. Plummer 
Pannill, J. Guy Dudley, Lee F. Lawler, Judge R. B. Spindle, James T. Holland, 
Ernest Sawyer, John W. O'Connor, W. L. Prieur, Jr., Chief John F. Woods, William 
R. Moore, Judge Clyde Jacob, I. Lysle Levine, L. P. Roberts, Jr., Dr. C. D. J. 
Macdonald, Dr. George Myers, J. Barbour Rixey, Clinton J. Curtis, John S. Rixey, 
Henry J. Lankford, C. V. W. Trice, George W. Hill, Col. Charles H. Consolvo, 
Judge Willis V. Fentress, Henry McDonough, J. Peter Holland, Sr., Dr. G. D. 
Berkley, Robert Koolage, Sol Richter, John D. Ward, E Charlie Powell, Richard 
Moss and William G. Parker.
Active pallbearers were J. Frank Bisese, Dr. F. F. Nolan, James S. McKevitt, 
Thomas J. Hipple, Hamilton Plack, Mason Holland. Bernard J. King and John L. 
Mills.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot  January 14, 1942


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