Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kirby, Virginius Lee June 4, 1956
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The Virginian Pilot Tuesday June 5, 1956
Maj. Virginius Lee Kirby, 64, died at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital 
yesterday at 1:15 a.m. after a long illness. He was the son of the late 
Thomas A. Kirby and Mrs. Virginia Lee Boulware Kirby.
He was in the Army 30 years before his retirement in 1945 and was a veteran 
of both World War I and World War II. He received the Purple Heart in World 
War I and served in China during World War II.
He was a member of Bruton Parish Church, in Williamsburg, of Owens Lodge 
164, A.F. and A.M., and Williamsburg Lodge 6, A.F. and A.M.
He was a native of Richmond and had been a resident of Williamsburg for many 
years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ware Galt Kirby, of 
Williamsburg; one daughter, Mrs. Eugene C. Black, of Belmont, Mass., and one 
brother, James Lewis Kirby, of Norfolk.
The body was removed to the Cox Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 
conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Rev. 
Moultrie Guerry, rector. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will 
be at the home of Mrs. H.B.G. Galt. The family has requested that flowers be 
omitted.



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