Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Old, James Elisha Jr June 16, 1965
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The Virginian Pilot June 17, 1965
James Elisha Old Jr., 69, Former Maury Principal

James Elisha Old Jr., 69, retired principal of Maury High School, died 
Tuesday night in his home in Point Harbor, N.C. He retired as principal of 
Maury in 1957 and lived in Point Harbor five years.
A native of Princess Anne County, he was the husband of Mrs. Mary Parker Old 
and a son of the late James E. and Mrs. Etta Jarvis Old.
He attended elementary schools in Norfolk and high school at Oceana. He 
graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a chemical engineer and did 
graduate work at Columbia University. His first employment in Norfolk was 
with F.S. Royster Guano Co.
In 1923 he joined the Norfolk public school system as a teacher at Blair 
Junior High School. Prior to that he was employed by the Norfolk Naval 
Shipyard three years.
He became assistant principal of Blair Junior High School in 1929 and 
accepted a similar position at Maury High School in 1939. He became 
vocational director for the city schools in 1943 and served seven years. 
Upon the retirement of A.B. Bristow as principal of Maury High School in 
1950, he became principal and served seven years before retiring because of 
ill health.
During his 35 years of educational work in Norfolk, Old was a member of the 
Norfolk Kiwanis Club, Norfolk Education Association, Virginia Education 
Association, American Vocational Association, Virginia Vocational 
Association, and Tidewater Industrial Arts and Vocational Club.
A group of 130 teachers attended his retirement party when he left Maury 
High School. At that time he was praised for his work in the city school 
system and was presented with a lifetime pass to all Maury home athletic 
events by Cris Christensen on behalf of the school athletic department.
Old was a Baptist and treasurer of the Outer Banks Recreation Association, 
at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Arthur D. Old of Fulton, N.Y., 
and two sisters, Mrs. S.O. Crawley of Norfolk and Mrs. E.F. Butt of 
Lynnhaven, Virginia Beach.
The body was taken to H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk, where a 
funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. DST by the Rev. William C. 
Hoffman of St. Bride's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Magnolia 
Cemetery.

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OLD, JAMES ELISHA, JR - At his residence at Point Harbor, N.C., Wednesday 
June 15th, 1965, at 6:45 p.m. JAMES ELISHA OLD, JR., husband of Mrs. Mary 
Parker Old, and son of the late James E., Sr. and Mrs. Etta Jarvis Old, in 
the 70th year of his age. Services at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 
1501 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, Friday at 2 p.m. (D.S.T.) Friends of the family 
are invited to attend. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery.



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