Mary Virginia Gilmer Obituary
We bid farewell to Mary Virginia Gilmer in Suffolk, Virginia, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on September 6, 2025 at the age of 83. Mary Virginia touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Mary Virginia farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mary Virginia is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Otis Jefferson and Mary Virginia Wilkins Lankford; her husband John Thomas Gilmer; and her brother Otis Lankford Jr.. She is survived by: her children, Shirley Melissa Crumpler, John "Wayne" Gilmer, James Kevin Gilmer and Charles Thomas Gilmer. She is also survived by 5 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.
