Southampton County-Portsmouth-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Stephenson, Zephyr L. Gaskins, 1959 

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Mrs. Stephenson Funeral Tomorrow 

  NORFOLK - Funeral services for Mrs. Zephyr Louise Stephenson, of 115 West 
Little Creek Road, a former resident of Ivor, will be conducted Saturday at 
3 p.m. at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Oak Grove 
Cemetery, Portsmouth. 

  Mrs. Stephenson, died Thursday at 4:45 p.m. at a local hospital. 

  She was the wife of the late Edward H. Stephenson and daughter of the late 
Thomas J. Gaskins and Margaret Susan Barnes Gaskins. 

  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Portsmouth. 

  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Sue Freeman of Norfolk; four 
sons, E.H. Stephenson, Jr., Nat E. Stephenson of Franklin; and Kenneth L. 
Stephenson and Richard V. Stephenson of Norfolk; three brothers, Walter W. 
Gaskins of Selmer, Tenn; Lee E. Gaskins of Philadelphia and J. Kenneth Gaskins 
of Norfolk; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild and several nieces and 
nephews. 


Zephyr Louise (GASKINS; Mrs. Edward Henry) STEPHENSON, of Norfolk, 
b. 17 Feb 1881, Portsmouth, d. 8 Oct 1959, Norfolk, 
interred in Oak Grove Cemetery*, Portsmouth, 10 Oct 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 239, Fri., Oct. 9, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Buried with his second wife Minnie Texie (CARR) BYRD (1896 - 1957). 
   Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries, Oak Grove list Q-S: 
   http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/portsmouth/cemeteries/oakgrove6.htm 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #52852447. 

D.Cert. 24613 (Norfolk #1989) 

Her parents are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. G, 
   9th VA Infantry.  He was captured at Gettysburg. 


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