Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, Johnne Mabyn Branch November 25, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 January 9, 2016, 7:44 pm The Virginian Pilot November 26, 1959 Mrs. Simpson, 83, Dies in Hospital Mrs. Johnne Mabyn Branch Simpson, 83, widow of John Calhoun Simpson, died Wednesday at 4:10 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital after a three-month illness She was the mother of Dr. Grellet C. Simpson, chancellor of Mary Washington College. A native of Brunswick County, she had lived in Norfolk, 60 years, lately at 5336 Edgewater Dr., home of her daughter. She was a graduate of the Farmville Normal School, class of 1894, and recently attended the 65th reunion. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Virginia S. Robertson of Norfolk, Mrs. Mabyn S. Smith and Mrs. Helen S. Tull, both of Salisbury, Md.; one son, Dr. Simpson of Fredericksburg; three step-grandchildren, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body will be taken from Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home in Memorial Methodist Church, of which she was a member, for a funeral service Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Additional Comments: Magnolia SIMPSON, JOHNNE M I58 Block G, Lot 9, Space 3RD FROM S SIDE E ROW 0 11/25/1959 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/simpson10492gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb