GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
December 14, 1890 – January 3, 1968
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The obituary of "Chunk" Reichert is of special interest to the family of Gladys Erica Napier Corbin. Edited for relevance:
Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert
MACON, GEORGIA — Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
She was born July 2, 1915, in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Orsamus Allan Bowen and Louise Margaret Napier Bowen. Her father called her a little "chunk" of gold, and the name stuck. They lived in a house on a hill on Forsyth Road, where they had a dairy farm. The place was called Rivoli, a name her father had brought from a family home in South Carolina. Her father died when she was not yet 5 years old, and her mother died when she was 10. She and her younger sister Lou were taken in by their aunt, Gladys Napier Corbin and her husband Charles Culver Corbin, and reared along with the Corbin's son, Charles Culver "Buck" Corbin, Jr., at their home on Rogers Avenue.
When Buck was in high school, he had a party at his house one night. At age 14, Chunk was allowed to attend, but only for the purpose of cranking the Victrola to play phonograph records. One of Buck's friends that was invited to the party was Albert Reichert, who took a special interest in the girl playing the Victrola. He later called it his "enchanted evening".
Chunk attended high school in the old Lanier High School building at the corner of Forsyth Street and Orange Terrace. She was in the first class to move into the new A. L. Miller High School building on Montpelier Avenue. She was an honor student, and upon her graduation was awarded a silver loving cup for "Best All Around" student.
At the suggestion of her Aunt Gladys Corbin, she attended Duke University. She was elected President of her Freshman Class. In her senior year, she was elected President of Student Government Association, and was one of seven students selected for White Duchess Honor Society.
On December 22, 1936, during Christmas holidays of her senior year, she and Albert Reichert were married at the Corbin house on Rogers Avenue. In order to marry, she had to get permission from the Dean and resign as President of Student Government Association. She graduated from Duke in 1937.
Chunk and Albert made their permanent home in Macon...
Her husband of 75 years, Albert Phillips Reichert, died on February 16, 2012. She followed 6 days later.
She was predeceased by her sister, Louise Moultrie Bowen Bennett, her brother, Edwin Bowen, her brother, Allan Bowen, her sister, Katherine Bowen Allen, and her brother, Robert Adger Bowen.
Published in The Telegraph from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24, 2012.
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Bonner nephews:
Rear Admiral Emmett Peyton Bonner and Edward Napier Bonner, sons of Gladys Napier Corbin's sister Bessie Napier and Emmett Peyton Bonner, Sr.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elizabeth-bonner-obituary?pid=145757536
Annie Virgin – daughter of Annie (Holt) and William Henry Virgin, and sister of James Holt Virgin – was married to Dr. James Gustin Hall, M.D.
GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Gladys Napier, Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
December 14, 1890 – January 3, 1968
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The obituary of "Chunk" Reichert is of special interest to the family of Gladys Erica Napier Corbin. Edited for relevance:
Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert
MACON, GEORGIA — Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
She was born July 2, 1915, in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Orsamus Allan Bowen and Louise Margaret Napier Bowen. Her father called her a little "chunk" of gold, and the name stuck. They lived in a house on a hill on Forsyth Road, where they had a dairy farm. The place was called Rivoli, a name her father had brought from a family home in South Carolina. Her father died when she was not yet 5 years old, and her mother died when she was 10. She and her younger sister Lou were taken in by their aunt, Gladys Napier Corbin and her husband Charles Culver Corbin, and reared along with the Corbin's son, Charles Culver "Buck" Corbin, Jr., at their home on Rogers Avenue.
When Buck was in high school, he had a party at his house one night. At age 14, Chunk was allowed to attend, but only for the purpose of cranking the Victrola to play phonograph records. One of Buck's friends that was invited to the party was Albert Reichert, who took a special interest in the girl playing the Victrola. He later called it his "enchanted evening".
Chunk attended high school in the old Lanier High School building at the corner of Forsyth Street and Orange Terrace. She was in the first class to move into the new A. L. Miller High School building on Montpelier Avenue. She was an honor student, and upon her graduation was awarded a silver loving cup for "Best All Around" student.
At the suggestion of her Aunt Gladys Corbin, she attended Duke University. She was elected President of her Freshman Class. In her senior year, she was elected President of Student Government Association, and was one of seven students selected for White Duchess Honor Society.
On December 22, 1936, during Christmas holidays of her senior year, she and Albert Reichert were married at the Corbin house on Rogers Avenue. In order to marry, she had to get permission from the Dean and resign as President of Student Government Association. She graduated from Duke in 1937.
Chunk and Albert made their permanent home in Macon...
Her husband of 75 years, Albert Phillips Reichert, died on February 16, 2012. She followed 6 days later.
She was predeceased by her sister, Louise Moultrie Bowen Bennett, her brother, Edwin Bowen, her brother, Allan Bowen, her sister, Katherine Bowen Allen, and her brother, Robert Adger Bowen.
Published in The Telegraph from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24, 2012.
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Bonner nephews:
Rear Admiral Emmett Peyton Bonner and Edward Napier Bonner, sons of Gladys Napier Corbin's sister Bessie Napier and Emmett Peyton Bonner, Sr.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elizabeth-bonner-obituary?pid=145757536
Annie Virgin – daughter of Annie (Holt) and William Henry Virgin, and sister of James Holt Virgin – was married to Dr. James Gustin Hall, M.D.
GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Gladys Napier, Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
December 14, 1890 – January 3, 1968
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The obituary of "Chunk" Reichert is of special interest to the family of Gladys Erica Napier Corbin. Edited for relevance:
Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert
MACON, GEORGIA — Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
She was born July 2, 1915, in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Orsamus Allan Bowen and Louise Margaret Napier Bowen. Her father called her a little "chunk" of gold, and the name stuck. They lived in a house on a hill on Forsyth Road, where they had a dairy farm. The place was called Rivoli, a name her father had brought from a family home in South Carolina. Her father died when she was not yet 5 years old, and her mother died when she was 10. She and her younger sister Lou were taken in by their aunt, Gladys Napier Corbin and her husband Charles Culver Corbin, and reared along with the Corbin's son, Charles Culver "Buck" Corbin, Jr., at their home on Rogers Avenue.
When Buck was in high school, he had a party at his house one night. At age 14, Chunk was allowed to attend, but only for the purpose of cranking the Victrola to play phonograph records. One of Buck's friends that was invited to the party was Albert Reichert, who took a special interest in the girl playing the Victrola. He later called it his "enchanted evening".
Chunk attended high school in the old Lanier High School building at the corner of Forsyth Street and Orange Terrace. She was in the first class to move into the new A. L. Miller High School building on Montpelier Avenue. She was an honor student, and upon her graduation was awarded a silver loving cup for "Best All Around" student.
At the suggestion of her Aunt Gladys Corbin, she attended Duke University. She was elected President of her Freshman Class. In her senior year, she was elected President of Student Government Association, and was one of seven students selected for White Duchess Honor Society.
On December 22, 1936, during Christmas holidays of her senior year, she and Albert Reichert were married at the Corbin house on Rogers Avenue. In order to marry, she had to get permission from the Dean and resign as President of Student Government Association. She graduated from Duke in 1937.
Chunk and Albert made their permanent home in Macon...
Her husband of 75 years, Albert Phillips Reichert, died on February 16, 2012. She followed 6 days later.
She was predeceased by her sister, Louise Moultrie Bowen Bennett, her brother, Edwin Bowen, her brother, Allan Bowen, her sister, Katherine Bowen Allen, and her brother, Robert Adger Bowen.
Published in The Telegraph from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24, 2012.
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Bonner nephews:
Rear Admiral Emmett Peyton Bonner and Edward Napier Bonner, sons of Gladys Napier Corbin's sister Bessie Napier and Emmett Peyton Bonner, Sr.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elizabeth-bonner-obituary?pid=145757536
Annie Virgin – daughter of Annie (Holt) and William Henry Virgin, and sister of James Holt Virgin – was married to Dr. James Gustin Hall, M.D.
GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Gladys Napier, Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
December 14, 1890 – January 3, 1968
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The obituary of "Chunk" Reichert is of special interest to the family of Gladys Erica Napier Corbin. Edited for relevance:
Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert
MACON, GEORGIA — Elizabeth Walton Bowen "Chunk" Reichert died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
She was born July 2, 1915, in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Orsamus Allan Bowen and Louise Margaret Napier Bowen. Her father called her a little "chunk" of gold, and the name stuck. They lived in a house on a hill on Forsyth Road, where they had a dairy farm. The place was called Rivoli, a name her father had brought from a family home in South Carolina. Her father died when she was not yet 5 years old, and her mother died when she was 10. She and her younger sister Lou were taken in by their aunt, Gladys Napier Corbin and her husband Charles Culver Corbin, and reared along with the Corbin's son, Charles Culver "Buck" Corbin, Jr., at their home on Rogers Avenue.
When Buck was in high school, he had a party at his house one night. At age 14, Chunk was allowed to attend, but only for the purpose of cranking the Victrola to play phonograph records. One of Buck's friends that was invited to the party was Albert Reichert, who took a special interest in the girl playing the Victrola. He later called it his "enchanted evening".
Chunk attended high school in the old Lanier High School building at the corner of Forsyth Street and Orange Terrace. She was in the first class to move into the new A. L. Miller High School building on Montpelier Avenue. She was an honor student, and upon her graduation was awarded a silver loving cup for "Best All Around" student.
At the suggestion of her Aunt Gladys Corbin, she attended Duke University. She was elected President of her Freshman Class. In her senior year, she was elected President of Student Government Association, and was one of seven students selected for White Duchess Honor Society.
On December 22, 1936, during Christmas holidays of her senior year, she and Albert Reichert were married at the Corbin house on Rogers Avenue. In order to marry, she had to get permission from the Dean and resign as President of Student Government Association. She graduated from Duke in 1937.
Chunk and Albert made their permanent home in Macon...
Her husband of 75 years, Albert Phillips Reichert, died on February 16, 2012. She followed 6 days later.
She was predeceased by her sister, Louise Moultrie Bowen Bennett, her brother, Edwin Bowen, her brother, Allan Bowen, her sister, Katherine Bowen Allen, and her brother, Robert Adger Bowen.
Published in The Telegraph from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24, 2012.
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Bonner nephews:
Rear Admiral Emmett Peyton Bonner and Edward Napier Bonner, sons of Gladys Napier Corbin's sister Bessie Napier and Emmett Peyton Bonner, Sr.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/elizabeth-bonner-obituary?pid=145757536
Annie Virgin – daughter of Annie (Holt) and William Henry Virgin, and sister of James Holt Virgin – was married to Dr. James Gustin Hall, M.D.
GLADYS ERICA NAPIER CORBIN
Gladys Napier, Mrs. Culver Cox Corbin
Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
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