Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kirby, William Meredith  October 9, 1944
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot October 10, 1944
William Kirby Dies Suddenly

Stricken with a heart attack, William Meredith Kirby, 69, one of the best known 
Marine engineers in this section died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at a local 
hospital. He was ill only a few hours.
He had been connected with the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association since 
its organization about 40 years ago and at the time of his death was its 
business manager, an office he had filled for 10 years.
A native of Norfolk, he was a veteran of World War I, having served in the Army 
transport service. He was chief engineer aboard the Army transport Meade for 
many years and for two years was superintendent of the Chesapeake Ferry Company 
at Norfolk.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Harriett E. Kirby; a son, William H. Kirby; five 
daughters, Mrs. J. Lindsay Gunn, Mrs. Palmer L. Smith, Mrs. H.C. Fayen and Mrs. 
L.A. Daniel, all of Norfolk, and Mrs. Leonard B. George, of Staten Island; a 
sister, Mrs. George H. Stockton; three brothers, Stanley C. Kirby, Lewis R. 
Kirby and Sidney G. Kirby, all of Norfolk; 21 grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
The body will be taken from the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home to the Armstrong 
Memorial Presbyterian Church for funeral services tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the 
Rev. C.J. Hollingsworth, pastor of Lafayette Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. 
Harold Mac Shield, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will 
be in Magnolia Cemetery, Berkley.



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KIRBY, WILLIAM M I2819 Block 12, Lot 8, Space 3RD FROM N SIDE W ROW 0 10/09/1944

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