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Joan Gillis Obituary

NEWPORT NEWS - Joan C. Gillis, 64, of Newport News, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004. She was born on Feb. 21, 1939. She was a homemaker who devoted her life to her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Odell Jackson. Left to cherish her memories is her loving and devoted husband, Henry Gillis; two sons, Jerome (Wanda) and Derrick (Felise) Gillis; one granddaughter, Simone Gillis, and three grandsons, Jerome Jr., Rondell and Darius Gillis, all of Hampton; stepfather, Henry Jackson of Suffolk; two brothers, Leon Crawley (Mary) of Newport News and Alvin Jackson of Detroit, Mich.; an aunt, Rosa Jones of Newport News; five sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Viewing will be held from noon to 7 p.m. today at Cooke Bros. Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday at the funeral chapel. Interment will be held in Hampton Memorial Gardens.

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Published by Daily Press on Jan. 21, 2004.

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Cozette K. Burnette

January 25, 2004

Mr. Gillis and Family,

My condolence to all of you.

May the Peace of God be with you always.

Rhelda Wilson

January 22, 2004

My condolences go out to the Gillis family. I will keep each and everyone of you in my prayers

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