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Sybil Glisson Obituary

Sybil Grace Glisson CHESAPEAKE - Sybil Grace Glisson, 66, passed away Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Goldsboro, N.C., on Feb. 4, 1943, the daughter of the late Rae and Sybil Brown Glisson. She was an active member in the Stumpy Lake Ladies Golf Association and the Kempsville Greens Ladies Golf Association. She had worked as director of anesthesia at Chesapeake General Hospital for more than 20 years. She also worked as a nurse anesthetist at DePaul Medical Center. Sybil was very proud of her golf game shooting in the 80s. She is survived by her life partner, Cheryl Lesko; her two brothers, Robert Glisson and his wife Jean and Thomas R. Glisson; her niece, Kim Stuart; nephew, Scott Glisson; and close family friends, Greg and Carolyn Satz. There will be no viewing or visitation. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, in the Great Bridge Chapel of Oman Funeral Home & Crematory, 653 Cedar Road, Chesapeake. Ricky Mayhue will officiate. Memorial donations may be made in Sybil's name to the Sidney Oman Cancer Treatment Center, c/o Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, 736 N. Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23320. Friends are invited to send condolences and to sign the online guestbook at www.omanfh.com.

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Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Oct. 14, 2009.

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Lena Goodberlet

October 14, 2009

I have many fond memories of Sybil Grace from the 1960s. She will be missed by many. Love & my prayers to her family.

Lena Goodberlet
(I am her ex-sister-in-law)

Mary Harris

October 14, 2009

I met Sybil in the mid-1990's, when my late mother and both of Sybil's parents were in declining health. We became friends, keeping each other laughing and busy with projects of all kinds, helping each other with our parents' care, and sharing memories from eastern North Carolina, where both of us had visited during our childhoods. We shared a love of animals, and I enjoyed dog-sitting for Sybil several times while she traveled with friends. I've moved and lost touch in recent years, but I remember Sybil with great fondness, her humor and spirit that never gave up. May you rest in peace, my friend, free at last of pain and worry.

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