Louis Valentine Gordon Jr.

GORDON, Louis Valentine Jr., a devoted and loving husband, father, PaPa and father-in-law, passed away February 23, 2009. He was preceded in death by his father, Louis V. Gordon Sr. and mother, Annie P. Gordon; his wife, Patricia C. Gordon; granddaughter, Kelly Annette Gordon; sister, Eloise G. Pennington; and two brothers-in-law. He is survived by his three sons, Louis V. Gordon III "Jiggs" and his wife, Donna, William A. Gordon and his wife, Debbie, and Michael W. Gordon and his wife, Julie; eight grandchildren, Payton, Hunter, Stacie, Mark, Dylan, Katelyn, Will and Hayley, who he adored and loved as much as his three sons; his brother, Page R. Gordon and wife, Peggy; his sister, Anne G. Neblett; two nephews, Curtis and Scott Gordon; and niece, NormaAnn Roadcap and her husband, Richard. He was a 1944 graduate of Glen Allen High School and also a 1951 graduate of RPI and served in the Army during World War II. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the West Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 11020 W. Broad Street. A funeral service will be conducted Thursday, February 26, at 11 a.m. at Westhampton Memorial Park's Mausoleum. Interment to follow.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.