Jones Memorial Library Family Files

Items

• Family File: GILFOYLE,John Rohan

  Retired from C. D. Kenny Co.; artist; authority on Lynchburg history
• Family File: GILFOYLE,William Joseph

  Chief of accountants, department of the comptroller, Naval Weapons Station near Yorktown; born in Lynchburg, son of John Rohan GILFOYLE and Elizabeth McNAMARA
• Family File: GILL,Irene Tillman (Mrs. S. T.)
• Family File: GILLIAM,Eliza Frances Gills (Mrs. W. C.)
• Family File: GILLIAM,Elsie West
• Family File: GILLIAM,Elsie West

  Born in Lynchburg, daughter of Thomas West GILLIAM and Fannie DIUGUID; graduate of RMWC; missionary to China in 1910 and served in Shanghai; active in missionary and youth programs at First Baptist Church and at other churches in Lynchburg
• Family File: GILLIAM,Harry Edward

  Retired vice president and sales manager of Harris-Woodson Co.
• Family File: GILLIAM,James R., Jr.
• Family File: GILLIAM,James R., Jr.

  Distinguished Service Award from V.M.I.
• Family File: GILLIAM,John Agee

  Veteran of World War II; worked as attendant at Lovelace Texaco Station for 18 years
• Family File: GILLIAM,Louise Fontaine Johnson (Mrs. F. J.)

  Born in Lynchburg, daughter of Fontaine D. JOHNSON, Jr. and Louise GLASS; developed gardens at 'Belfield'; president of Garden Club of Virginia (1948-1950); served as chairman of restoration committee of Garden Club of Virginia responsible for restoration of historic gardens of the state
• Family File: GILLIAM,Thomas West
• Family File: GILLIAM,Thomas West

  Vice president and cashier of Lynchburg National Bank and Trust; assisted in the organization of the Piedmont Hospital Service Association and the Lynchburg Livestock Market; director and vice president of GILLIAM Coal and Coke Co.; director and treasurer of Lynchburg Historical Society
• Family File: GILLIAM,Wiley E.

  Chief of Police, retirement announced
• Family File: GILLS,Lizzie Cawthon

  From Whitten Funeral Home, Lynchburg, Virginia
• Family File: GILMER,Lena Tucker Richardson (Mrs. Graham)

  Wife of Rev. Graham GILMER, former pastor of Rivermont Presbyterian Church and present pastor of Amherst and Coolwell Presbyterian churches in Amherst County; taught in Memphis public schools; member of James River Chapter, DAR
• Family File: GILMER,Peachy H. (Dr.)
• Family File: GISH,Mary Spence

  Born in Lynchburg, daughter of Robert Ellis GISH and Mary SPENCE; graduate of RMWC; taught at Goldsboro High School, Goldsboro, NC, at Sullens College in Bristol and at Lynchburg High School
• Family File: GISH,William Griffin

  Born in Lynchburg, son of Walter Smith GISH and Mary Jimmy THAXTON; veteran of World War I; retired clerk for Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
• Family File: GLASS,Albert

  Landscape designer and owner-operator of Altavista Nurseries
• Family File: GLASS,Laura Jane (Mrs. J. C.)

  Born in Campbell County, daughter of Cary FALWELL and Emilie BRUCE
• Family File: GLASS,Maude Kessler (Mrs. S. C.)

  Born in Madison Heights, daughter of Charles KESSLER and Susie COLES; widow of Sidney Camm GLASS
• Family File: GLASS,Meta

  President emeritus of Sweet Briar College; born in Petersburg, Virginia, daughter of Robert Henry GLASS and Meta SANDFORD; graduate of RMWC and Columbia University; held offices in several educational organizations
• Family File: GLASS,Powell

  Associate publisher and general manager of THE NEWS and THE DAILY ADVANCE; Director of Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Co.; past president of the Virginia Press Association
• Family File: GLASS,Robert Camillus

  Editorial director of THE NEWS and THE DAILY ADVANCE; includes tributes from newspapers in Virginia