Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gordon, Cornelia G. Grissom, 1987 

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CORNELIA GERTRUDE GRISSOM GORDON

   ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - Cornelia Grissom Gordon, 73, of the 1700 block of 
Benvenue Road, a retired teacher and counselor, died May 14, in a hospital.

   Mrs. Gordon, a native of Harrellsville, N.C., retired as a teacher and 
guidance counselor at Benvenue High School in Rocky Mount.  She had served as 
director of elementary and secondary education programs in Franklinton City, 
N.C., schools.  She had taught in Lewisburg, N.C., and Clayton, N.C.

   She was a graduate of Chowan College and the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill.  She was a member of the national and North Carolina education 
associations; Delta Kappa Gamma; Franklinton Women's Club; and Benvenue 
Baptist Church.

   Survivors include her husband, Rossie B. Gordon; two daughters, Jane G. 
Binz of Raleigh and Gwynn G. Wham of Winston-Salem; a sister, Adeline G. 
Kitchen of Courtland; a brother, Jesse L. Grissom of Courtland; and three 
grandchildren.

   The funeral was conducted Saturday in Benvenue Baptist Church by the Rev. 
Bob Wiggins.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.  Memorial donations 
may be made to the church's building fund.  Johnson Funeral Home handled 
arrangements.


Cornelia Gertrude (GRISSOM; Mrs. Rossie B.) GORDON, of Rocky Mount, NC, 
retired H.S. teacher & guidance counselor, 
Harrellsville, Hertford Co., NC native, d. 14 May 1987, age 73, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 41*), Courtland, 
   16 May 1987, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 21, 1987, p. 12A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 30, 1948, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g625e1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 11, 1949, p. 15) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g625b1ob.txt 


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