07/03/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Evelyn Gilliland Jefferson
Evelyn Gilliland Jefferson
(d. 01 July 2009)
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07/03/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Evelyn Gilliland Jefferson
Evelyn Gilliland Jefferson |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We have more sad news this morning.
Evelyn
Gilliland Jefferson, mother of Fran Jefferson Curtis of VA, Nancy
Jefferson Fenstermacher of CA, and
Betty Jefferson Gooch ('65) of VA, passed away in Newport News on Wednesday, July
1, 2009 at the age of 98.
From Sandi Bateman Chestnut ('65) of
VA -
07/02/09, 10:34 PM - " Betty
Jefferson Gooch's Mother":
Carol,
Our church secretary sent out an e-mail yesterday that Betty Jefferson Gooch's
mother had passed away. Attached is the obituary from today's paper. I'm sure
there'll probably be a more detailed one in tomorrow's paper.
Love,
Sandi
http://www.legacy.com/dailypress/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=129210441
Oh, I'm so sorry to learn this. Thank you for letting me know, Sandi. 
As it happens, the obituary was not yet augmented by the time it was necessary
to create this Memorial Newsletter, so I would have had no way of
knowing who this was, had you not told me. Please extend our deepest
condolences to Betty when you see her. 
From the Daily Press - 07/03/09:
Evelyn G. Jefferson
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NEWS - Evelyn G. Jefferson, 98, of Newport News and the widow of Douglas Lee
Jefferson, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The family will receive
friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 2009, at Peninsula Funeral
Home. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. View and post
condolences on our online guestbook at
dailypress.com/guestbooks.
Published in the Daily Press from 7/2/2009 - 7/3/2009. Guest Book |
From the Daily Press - 07/04/09:
Evelyn Gilliland Jefferson
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NEWPORT NEWS - Evelyn Gilliland
Jefferson, 98, passed from this life into God's eternal life on Wednesday,
July 1, 2009 at Riverside Hospital. She was a longtime resident of the Peninsula, having lived at the Devonshire in Hampton, prior to her recent move to Bayside in Poquoson. Mrs. Jefferson and her late husband, Douglas Lee Jefferson, were charter members of Parkview Methodist Church. She is survived by her three daughters, Fran and her husband, Robert Curtis of Locust Grove, Va., Nancy and her husband, Ron Fenstermacher of Morgan Hill, Calif., Betty and her husband, William Gooch of Newport News; two sisters, Connie Lewis of West Point and Elizabeth Brandon of Danville; brother, Norman Gilliland of Winston Salem, N.C.; nine grandchildren, Carolyn Nelson, Doug Curtis, Mary Evelyn O'Dor, Robert and Tom Curtis, Anne Sheeran, Suzanne Pautlitz, Meredith Leimkuhler and Allison Buben; and 18 great great-grandchildren. |
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The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 2009, at Peninsula Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Peninsula Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Dan Elmore of Parkview Methodist Church. For those who desire, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Parkview Methodist Church, 912 Briarfield Road, Newport News, VA 23605. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks. Published in the Daily Press from 7/2/2009 - 7/5/2009. Guest Book |
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July 03, 2009
We would like to express our
sincere condolences to Mrs. Jefferson's family. Please know that our
church family will be praying for you during this time of bereavement.
Bobby Roberson, Pastor, Gospel Light Baptist Church, Walkertown, NC
July 03, 2009 Dear Betty, July 03, 2009 Our deepest sympathies go out
to the family of Mrs. Jefferson. She was a great woman and will be deeply
missed by our family and the Parkview UMC family. July 04, 2009 Evelyn Jefferson was a sweet
person to everyone at Parkview UMC. She will be missed and my condolences
goes to her family. July 04, 2009
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Once again, our sincerest sympathies are extended to Betty and Mrs. Jefferson's entire family and their friends.
Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Servant of God, Well Done!
Words by
Charles Wesley (28 Dec 1707 - 29 Mar 1788)
Music by
George J. Elvey (27 Mar 1816 - 9 Dec 1893)
(The Methodist Hymnal, 1966, #288)
Wesley wrote this hymn in 1770 on
the occasion of the death of clergyman George White.
Elvey's tune, "Diademata", has been set to several other hymns, notably "Crown
Him with Many Thorns" and "Soldiers of Christ, Arise".
Servant of God, well done!
Thy glorious warfare’s past;
The battle’s fought, the race is won,
And thou art crowned at last.
With saints enthroned on high,
Thou dost thy Lord proclaim,
And still to God salvation cry,
Salvation to the Lamb!
O happy, happy soul!
In ecstasies of praise,
Long as eternal ages roll,
Thou seest Thy Savior’s face.
Redeemed from earth and pain,
Ah! when shall we ascend,
And all in Jesus’ presence reign
With our translated friend?
"Servant of God, Well Done!" midi courtesy of http://www.norbry.net/midi/archive/hymn/ - 01/13/06
"Servant of God, Well Done!" lyrics courtesy of http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/e/servogod.htm - 01/13/06
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