Individual Details

Theresa Louise Cannaday

(5 Apr 1917 - 30 Apr 1990)

Obituary of Theresa Cannaday Savino Twilley

Theresa Cannaday Twilley, 73, of the 300 block of Green St., a retired clerk-stenographer, died April 30, 1990, in a hospital.

Mrs. Twilley, a native of Roanoke, had retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and was a former piano teacher. She was a member of Park View United Methodist Church, Portsmouth Women's Club and the Portsmouth Community Concert Association. She was the widow of Elwood P. Twilley Jr.

Survivors include a daughter, Diane S. Booth of Chesapeake; a son, Robert F. Savino of Auburn, Wash.; two stepdaughters, Marjorie Ann Thomy of Sumter, S.C., and Carol T. Maness of Lynchburg; two sisters, Dorothy C. Major of Suffolk and Carolyn C. Lenz of Kensington, Md.; and three grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Park View United Methodist Church by the Rev. Gary Lee Sligh. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Foster Funeral Home.
Memorial donations may be made to the music program of Park View United Methodist Church, 230 Webster Ave., Portsmouth, Va. 23704.

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, May 2, 1990

Events

Birth5 Apr 1917Roanoke, Virginia
Residence1920Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Fort Chiswell, Wythe, Virginia
Residence1930Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Roanoke, Virginia
Residence1935Harrisonburg, Virginia
Residence1 Apr 1940Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Providence, Grayson, Virginia
Marriage17 Jun 1945Portsmouth, Virginia - Victor Herbert Savino
Marriage18 Jan 1969Portsmouth, Virginia - Elwood Pritchard Twilley
Death30 Apr 1990Portsmouth, Virginia

Families

SpouseElwood Pritchard Twilley (1912 - 1988)
SpouseVictor Herbert Savino (1908 - 1965)
ChildNena Diane Savino
ChildRobert Francis Savino
FatherRobert Wythe Cannaday (1883 - 1975)
MotherNena Irene Hale (1892 - 1960)
SiblingDorothy Helen Cannaday (1920 - 2010)
SiblingCarolyn Hale Cannaday (1921 - 2001)
SiblingRobert Wythe Cannaday Jr. (1924 - 1981)

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