Georgiana Hargrove

Georgiana Bowman Hargrove was born March 14, 1914 in Clarksville, Virginia. She was the second of seven children born to the late John T. and Isabelle Fields Bowman. John and Belle moved their family to North Carolina when Georgiana was a young girl where she attended Vance County Public Schools. She married a young farmer, James T. “Tom” Hargrove on June 14, 1930. They lived in North Carolina and farmed until the mid-1960s when Georgiana decided and convinced Tom to move their family to Richmond. She worked in the Housekeeping Department at MCV until retiring in 1978. Her son Leo and his wife Elizabeth invited her into their home where she lived for the past ten years. Georgiana joined Oak Level Church of Christ in Manson, North Carolina as a young girl and remained a member until she moved to Richmond. She began attending Mt. Tabor Baptist Church with her daughter, Dorothy Bullock. She joined and was a faithful member and served with the Ladies Auxiliary. When failing health made getting out difficult, she stayed in touch and supported her beloved Mt. Tabor. She looked forward to receiving church bulletins, phone calls and visits from her church family. Georgiana enjoyed reading, watching soap operas, hidden word puzzles and politics having lived through a time when she couldn’t vote, she took that right very seriously. Her first love and joy was her family, she loved cooking and inviting her many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren over. She would feed them and tell stories about how it was in the “olden days” often leaving them amazed and howling with laughter. She put in more hours babysitting than can ever be counted. Georgiana quietly went home to rest on December 23rd, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, James T. Hargrove, Sr.; daughters, Dorothy Bullock and Hazel Jones (Eddie); son, Noel Hargrove and five siblings. She is survived by daughters, Louise H. Boyd (Alvin), Jacqueline H. Lundy; sons, James T. Jr. (Jessie), Odell H., Roy G., Lenioda Sr. (Elizabeth), Don L. and Michael (Barbara) Hargrove; daughters-in-law, Maria and Arla “Cookye” Hargrove; son-in-law, Warren Bullock; sister, Florence Jones; 32 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren, relatives and friends.

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Georgiana Hargrove

March 14, 1914 - December 23, 2009