Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sembly, Mary Helen Hunter September 6, 1945
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Norfolk Journal and Guide,Sep 15,1945
Norfolk - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary H. Sembly, who died Sept. 6 at her 
residence, 1360 Fulton street, after a sudden illness, were held at the Wesley 
Union AME Zion Church, Johnson avenue, with the pastor, Rev. J. R. Phillips, 
officiating. Mrs. Sembly, who had been a member of Wesley Union for 21 years, 
was church clerk, president of the stewardess board, secretary of the missionary 
society, and a teacher in the Sunday school.

A native of Raleigh, NC, Mrs. Sembly came to Norfolk over 45 years ago. The 
former Miss Mary Helen Hunter, she married George H. Sembly in 1915 in 
Baltimore,MD, at which time she was working in Annapolis, MD.

They have one son, Ralph Sembly, operator of a Church street establishment. 
Young Sembly, a 1936 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, is well known 
in athletic circles.

Besides her husband and son, she is survived by a brother, Josh Hunter of 
Norfolk; grandson, Ralph Sembly Jr., and two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Gee of 
Norfolk and Miss Lindsey of Annapolis MD.

Mrs. Sembly held membership in Garrett’s Community Church before joining Wesley 
Union. She was a charter member of the Ideal Lodge of I. B. P. O. Buffaloes of 
World; and was chairman of the sick committee of the Supreme Grand Lodge of the 
Sons and Daughters of North Carolina.

Interment was made in Calvary Cemetery with Hale Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

not on cemetery listing (Unrecorded interment)

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