Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Revell, Geneva January 17, 2007
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - January 21, 2007
NORFOLK - Geneva Revell , 92, of Rader St. departed this life Jan. 17, 2007. 
The daughter of the late William and Martha Harper, she was the sixth child 
in a family of three boys and three girls (Theodore, Samuel, William, Mary 
and Bernice Harper). 

Geneva resided in the Lindenwood section of Norfolk and was a graduate of 
Booker T. Washington High School with academic honors. In August 1933, 
Geneva was joined in holy matrimony to Lovies Edward Gilliam and to this 
union a daughter was born. Following the death of Lovies in 1950, Geneva was 
employed by the STOP Program of Chesapeake. In 1960, Geneva became the wife 
of Thomas Revell and they made their home in the Inglenook section of 
Norfolk. Mother Revell was a member of New Hope Church of God in Christ 
under the pastorship of the late Dr. Herman Clark, where she served as 
president of the Missionaries, a frequent speaker on the church's radio 
broadcast, member of the Mother's Board and a Young Adult Bible Class 
teacher. She continued her many activities under the new leadership of 
Pastor Calvin Durham until her health began to fail. 

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Joyce Gilliam Brown 
(Cleveland); a special son, Raymond Bancroft; two grandsons, Barry Brown and 
Bertram Brown; two granddaughters, Deirdra Brown Fleming (Kerry) and Lisa 
Revell Thomas (Carl); two sisters-in-law, Velma Gilliam and Odessa Boone; 
four goddaughters, Kathy Stith Menifee of Alexandria, La., Deshonn Bell of 
Virginia Beach, Margaret Green and Rebecca Williams Brown, both of Norfolk; 
four nephews, Edwin Harper, Samuel Allen, Lovies Gilliam and David Gilliam; 
10 nieces, Elfreda Davis, Ethel Harper, Doretha Allen, Alverta Littles, 
Frances Giddens, Pearl Johnson, Cynthia Gilliam, Regina Ward, Sandra Boone 
and Tina Wilson; her dear friends residing in New York, Nora Marshall, Mary 
Ramey, Irita Williams, Thelma Gordon, Barbara Barnes, Beryl Small, Mina 
Baker, Carol Foxx, Betty Scantlebury and Ann Early, all of White Plains, 
N.Y., Alice Woodyard of the Bronx, N.Y. and Cheryl Fre Hiwet of Trinidad; 
and a host of great-nieces and -nephews who reside in many locations across 
the U.S.A. and her loving church family. 

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in New Hope Church of God In 
Christ, 3232 Brest Ave. Pastor Calvin A. Durham will officiate. Interment 
will be at Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk. Friends will assemble at the church. A 
wake will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Metropolitan Funeral Service, 
Granby St. Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations are to be made to the New 
Hope Christian Community Center. Condolences may be offered to the family at 
www.metropolitanfuneralservice.com.

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

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