Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Timberlake, Octavia April 14, 1962 ************************************************ 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: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com August 17, 2018, 1:36 pm Norfolk Journal and Guide, Apr 21,1962 Mrs. Octavia Timberlake, 52, a teacher in the Norfolk school system for 25 years, was given final rites Wednesday at St. John AME Church. She died April 14 at her home at 829 Avenue A. Her service was conducted by the Rev. Walter Hildebrand, pastor of St. John, where she held membership. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery under direction of Graves Funeral Home. Mrs. Timberlake’s last teaching assignment was at John T. West Elementary School. The West school principal, Miss Willie Mae Edwards, died in February. A native of Norfolk, Mrs. Timberlake was the wife of George H. Timberlake, who died in February 1961. She was a graduate of Virginia State College. She is survived by two nieces, Misses Margaret and Antoinette Lymus; a sister, Mrs. Rose Parker of Lancaster, PA; a brother, Kenneth Lymus of Brooklyn; and a half-brother, Frederick Carter of Cleveland. Additional Comments: Calvary Cemetery TIMBERLAKE, OCTAVIA I16179 Section 1, Lot 88, Space ECtr, 04/18/1962 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/t/timberla15131gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb