Mable Gross Gordon

HAMPTON - Mable Gross Gordon, 80 died Thursday, October 31, 2002, at home after a long illness. Born in Charlotte Co., Florida, she was a 1939 graduate of Morrison High School in Newport News where she was captain of the girls basketball team. Mrs. Gordon had retired as both an instructor and manager of Skateland which was on the corner of Briarfield and Jefferson in Newport News. She is remembered by the many children she taught to roller skate during her years there. Having introduced water-skiing to the Hampton area she became the Mid Atlantic Slalom Skiing Champion. She, with her husband Jerry, had water-skied in many countries around the world and the two together had twice circumnavigated the Eastern United States in their speedboat. Mrs. Gordon is survived by her husband, Jerome Gordon; sisters, Grace Benjamin and Pauline Britt; brother, George Gross; nieces, Debra Buchanan, Jane Luttrell and Paula Miller; great nieces, Shelby Miller and Shannon Miller; great nephews, Tim Luttrell, Justin Buchanan, James Buchanan, and Christopher Miller; stepson, Hayden H. Gordon; and step-grandchildren, Branden Gordon, Lee Gordon and Heather Rose. A memorial service will be conducted at 12 Noon, Saturday, November 2, 2002, at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home Downtown Hampton by the Rev. William R. Kyle, Jr. The family requests memorial donations be sent to the Jerome and Mable Gordon Philanthropic Fund, 318 Whealton Rd, Hampton 23666.