Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Javins, Francis Marie November 1958
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Norfolk Journal and Guide, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1958
A pathologist at the crime laboratory of the Tidewater division of the State
Medical Examiner’s office Thursday afternoon was making examinations to
determine whether the death of Miss Francis Marie Javins, 48-year-old Norfolk
school teacher, was of natural or other causes.

Miss Javins was found dead in her home in the 800 block of Rugby street
Wednesday night after neighbors had failed to see her for two days.

Medical Examiner’s officers investigators said indications were that she had
been dead for that period of time.  Miss Javins had, however, served as a
substitute teacher at Bowling Park elementary school Monday and staffspeople
there said there was no evidence of illness.  “She was her old jolly self.”

Miss Javins’ body was found in her home by police officers summoned by
neighbors.  The neighbors had knocked on her door and contacted the police
department when they received no reply.

A spokesman for the medical examiner’s office said there was no immediate
evidence of foul play at the death site.

Miss Javins had been a substitute teacher in the Norfolk school system for nine
years and was well-liked by her fellow teachers, and, the principals, the Guide
was told.  She was a graduate of local schools and Hampton Institute.

Active in civic and social affairs, Miss Javins was for many years the secretary
of the Nacirema Club of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA.  She had attended
several state and national YW meetings as representative of the local branch. 
Miss Javins also once served as the secretary to the executive board of the
Norfolk Branch NAACP and was instrumental in organizing the state meeting of the
association held here a decade ago.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Bute street, and a member of the
Hospitality Committee there.  She also held numerous other affiliations.  Her
mother was the late Mrs. Mattie H. Javins who retired as a teacher from the
Norfolk school system in 1950 after teaching for 29 years.

Funeral arrangements had not been set as the Guide went to press Thursday.


Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

JAVINS, FRANCIS M I2316 Section 22, Block 22, Lot 312, Space E CTR 0 11/10/1958

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