Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gilliam, Anne Cooke, 2003 

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ANNE COOKE GILLIAM

VIRGINIA BEACH - Anne Cooke Gilliam, widow of William Lee Gilliam Jr. of 
Richmond and daughter of Antoinette Camp Cooke Hagood of Franklin, Va., and 
Armisted Mason Cooke of Norfolk, passed way in her home May 19, 2003.

   Mrs. Gilliam was born in Washington, D.C., and after her father died when 
she was one year old, she lived with her mother and grandmother, Mrs. R.J. 
Camp, in Franklin until her mother's marriage to James Morrow Hagood of 
Charleston, S.C.

   Mrs. Gilliam attended the Ashley Hall School of Charleston and Sweet Briar 
College, the College of Charleston and the Abbott School of Fine and 
Commercial Art in Washington, C.D.  She was dedicated to gardening and was a 
member of the Virginia Beach Garden Club, a past vice-president of the Garden 
Club of Virginia.  She was instrumental in helping the Virginia Beach Garden 
Club establish a native plant garden at the Virginia Marine Science Museum. 
She was a member of Galilee Episcopal Church of Virginia Beach, where she 
served on the Vestry and was chairman of the Landscape Committee.

   Mrs. Gilliam is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Gilliam Driscoll 
Mingin; her son, Mason Cooke Gilliam and daughter-in-law Tina Gilliam; brother 
Benjamin Ambler Hagood and sister-in-law Derrill Maybank Hagood of Charleston, 
her grandchildren, William, Barry, Elizabeth and David Driscoll; step-
grandchildren, Stephanie and Crystal Threlkeld, four nephews, James, Benjamin, 
Maybank and Robert Hagood and their wives; five grand-nieces; and four grand-
nephews.

   A memorial service will be held at Galilee Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. 
Wednesday by the Rev. Coleman Tyler.  Friends are invited to visit the family 
in the Parish Hall following the service.  Interment will be private.  In lieu 
of flowers, memorials may be made to Galilee Episcopal church, 40th St. and 
Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451, Virginia Marine Science Museum Garden, 
717 General Booth Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451 or Norfolk Botanical 
Gardens, 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, Va. 23518.


[Anne (COOKE; William L. Jr.) GILLIAM, formerly of Franklin, 
 b. Washington, DC, d. 19 May 2003, at home, 
 memorial, Galilee Episcopal Church, Virginia Beach, 21 May 2003, 
 interment private, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown] 

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