Annabelle HILBERT

HILBERT, Annabelle K., 91, died peacefully at her home in Gulfport on the morning of November 15, 2009. Mrs. Hilbert was born May 1, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pa. She graduated from Temple University in 1939. After teaching high school for three years, she married Clay Hilbert. They lived in suburban Philadelphia until 1955. For the next 18 years they moved numerous times until settling on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1973. Everywhere they lived, Annabelle was very active in the community. She loved her life as a wife and mother. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Hilbert was preceded in death by her husband, M.C. (Clay) Hilbert; parents, Theodore and Annabelle Knapp; grandson, Kevin Smith; and granddaughter, Tracey Eaker. She is survived by her son, C. Lee Hilbert and wife, Richie, of Richmond, Va.; her daughter, Barbara Brewer and husband, Bob of Biloxi, Miss.; three grandchildren, Emily Dubose of Richmond, Clay Hilbert of Richmond, And Heather Eaker of Biloxi, Miss. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren; her sister, Ruth Nicholson of Sarasota, Fla.; and her nephew, Geoff Nicholson. The memorial service will he held Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Gulfport, Miss. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to service time. Memorial donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, MS Chapter, 1907 Dunbarton Drive, Ste. C, Jackson, Miss. 39216. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.