Doris Abbott Tilghman, 90, of 226 South Raleigh Court, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Born in Danville on September 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Elisha Burnell Abbott and Tiller Ceanie Sigmon Abbott.
On November 28, 1945 she married Cecil Herman Tilghman, who predeceased her on December 14, 2002. She was a long time member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Tilghman is survived by one son, Jeffrey Tilghman and his wife, Susan, of Pittsville, VA; one daughter, Anne T. Bowman, and her husband, Garry, of Durham, NC; two grandchildren, Hilary Bowman Dredla, and her husband, Russ, of Istanbul, Turkey, and Gordon Bowman of San Francisco, CA; one sister, Dovie "Bootsie" Ferrell of Danville; and a brother, Tom Abbott of Danville.
Doris Abbott Tilghman, 90, of 226 South Raleigh Court, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Born in Danville on September 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Elisha Burnell Abbott and Tiller Ceanie Sigmon Abbott.
On November 28, 1945 she married Cecil Herman Tilghman, who predeceased her on December 14, 2002. She was a long time member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church and she was a homemaker.
Mrs. Tilghman is survived by one son, Jeffrey Tilghman and his wife, Susan, of Pittsville, VA; one daughter, Anne T. Bowman, and her husband, Garry, of Durham, NC; two grandchildren, Hilary Bowman Dredla, and her husband, Russ, of Istanbul, Turkey, and Gordon Bowman of San Francisco, CA; one sister, Dovie "Bootsie" Ferrell of Danville; and a brother, Tom Abbott of Danville.
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