Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wolcott, Edward Wallace September 6, 1999
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Virginian Pilot September 7, 1999

Edward W. Wolcott of Shirland Avenue died Sept. 6, 1999, in Sentara Norfolk 
General Hospital.
Mr. Wolcott was a native of Norfolk and was the son of James Mounts and Nannie 
Baylor Wolcott.
He was a graduate of Maury High School in Norfolk, Hampden-Sydney College in 
Hampden-Sydney, Va., and University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville. 
He was admitted to the bar in 1949, the United States District Court and the 
United States Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) in 1949.
He was chairman of the Norfolk Rent Control Board from 1951-52; commissioner in 
chancery, Norfolk Circuit Court; the city of Norfolk divorce commissioner, and a 
substitute judge for the Norfolk General District Court. He was president of 
Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight and Kelly, P.C. regional director of CS/Sovran 
Bank, Norfolk, and president of Eastern Carolina Farming Corp., Currituck 
County. He was general counsel and past president of Hampton Roads Naval Museum, 
and a member of Nauticus Advisory Board.
He served aboard a sub chaser in World War II and retired as a commander in the 
Naval Reserve. He was a member of the American Bar Association, Virginia State 
Bar Association, Virginia Beach Bar Association, and the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar 
Association; Omicron Delta Kappa, The Church of the Good Shepherd, and the 
Norfolk Yacht and Country Club.
Survivors include his wife, Clara Mitchell Wolcott of Charlottesville; three 
children, Dr. Anne Garnett Wolcott of Virginia Beach, Edward W. Wolcott Jr. of 
Norfolk and Brooke Wolcott Sullivan of Kitty Hawk, N.C.; four grandchildren, 
Sarah and Gordon Wolcott of Norfolk and Mark and Allison Sullivan of Kitty Hawk; 
and a brother, Dr. James M. Wolcott Jr. of Norfolk.
A graveside service will be conducted at noon Thursday at Elmwood Cemetery by 
the Rev. Ross McGowan Wright. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made 
to Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943, or to your favorite 
charity. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements.


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