Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Singleton, Louise Raymond March 8, 2007
************************************************
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:
Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 April 16, 2022, 3:30 pm

Virginian-Pilot  March 12, 2007
SUFFOLK - Louise R. Singleton of New Road slipped quietly into the Master's arms 
on Thursday, March 8, 2007, surrounded by her loving and devoted family.

Born in Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 8, 1941, Louise was an only child who was 
educated in the public school system in Jacksonville. The years at New Stanton 
Senior High School found her very active in the Debating Club and the Honor 
Society. She matriculated at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla., and 
achieved a B.S. in social sciences.

On Dec. 24, 1960, she married Arthur, her high school sweetheart. Of that union 
they were blessed with a son, Terence and a daughter, Arlette. Louise was employed 
in the Department of Aging in the City of New York and also for a time as a 
substitute teacher for the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

In 1984, the family relocated to Holland, Va., and became members of the Basilica 
of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk. Some of the organizations 
that Louise dedicated her time and talent to were Delta Sigma Theta Inc. since 
1960, a former Grand Lady and Area Deputy of the Knights of Peter Claver, Ladies' 
Auxiliary, the Red Hat Society, a Life Member of the NAACP and the Life Membership 
Chair of the Suffolk-Nansemond Branch of the NAACP.

Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Malissa Raymond and her 
son, Terence M. Singleton. Left to cherish her memory are her devoted husband of 
46 years, Arthur L. Singleton; daughter, Arlette L. Douglas; grandson, Jason L. 
Douglas; granddaughter, Jasmyne M. Douglas; favorite aunt, Rena O. Gaffney; first 
cousins, Geraldine Smalls, Westina Owens and Minnie McDaniels; and a host of 
relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6:30 until 8 p.m. at the Wm. M. 
Johnson & Sons Funeral Home Inc., 224 South Main St., Franklin. The Mass of 
Resurrection will be held at noon Wednesday at the Basilica of St. Mary of the 
Immaculate Conception, 232 Chapel St., Norfolk. The interment will be in St. 
Mary's Cemetery, Norfolk.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in memory of Louise to the National 
Foundation for Transplants, 5350 Poplar Ave., Suite 430, Memphis, TN 38119.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/singleto2504nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/

File size: 2.8 Kb