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Geneva H Mince 1918 - 2007

Edna Geneva (Higgerson) Mince of Virginia Beach, VA was born on December 5, 1918 at De Valls Bluff, Prairie County, AR, USA to Harry Clifton Higgerson and Ruth Mary (Mertens) Higgerson. She had siblings Ivan Higgerson, Lon H Higgerson, Anna Lee (Higgerson) Denkle, Dolly Leaverne (Higgerson) Mason, and Marjorie Higgerson. She married Ralph Irvin Mince on June 6, 1936, and they were married until Ralph's death on August 24, 1975. She had children Carroll Irvin Mince and Nancy Ann Mince. Edna Mince died at age 88 years old on October 18, 2007 at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 1060 First Colonial Rd, in Virginia Beach, and was buried at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake.

Edna Geneva (Higgerson) Mince
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Virginia Beach, VA 23456
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December 5, 1918
De Valls Bluff, Prairie County, AR, USA
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October 18, 2007
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 1060 First Colonial Rd, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23454, United States
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  • Introduction

    Geneva was an extrovert and enjoyed life. When she was young, Charlie Chaplin was all the rage, and she used to dress and walk like him putting on regular shows for her younger sisters, my mother, Evelyn, and Margie and their mother. Because Geneva was so much older than my mother, Evelyn didn't know who that girl was who came by the house, ate, and put on little skits. She didn't realize that Geneva was her sister until she matured some! Geneva was sent to her grandmother Lizzie (Weckenmann) Mertens and Leo Mertens, Sr.'s, home when Geneva was 10 years old to take care of them in their old age. They lived about a mile or two apart. Geneva cooked and cleaned and tried to go to school and have some social life, while she was there and stayed until the old folks passed on, after which Geneva became betrothed and married Ralph Irvin Mince.
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    1918

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    December 5, 1918
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    De Valls Bluff, Prairie County, AR, USA
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Geneva was a Caucasian. Her ancestry goes back many generations in Virginia and in Germany. She has some Irish, Scottish, English, Greek, and Italian ancestors.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Geneva was born in Prairie County, AR where she married, resided, and gave birth to her two children. In the early 1940s, they all moved to Norfolk County, Virginia, because her brother, Harold, was going into business for himself and needed a farmer--her husband--to come take over the Schweitzer farm he was managing off today's Centerville Turnpike South, which later was known as the Mince Farm.

  • Early Life & Education

    Geneva did not finish high school to graduate because she married.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Geneva was a member of Centerville Baptist Church on Centerville Tnpk S in Chesapeake when she resided at Hickory. She taught Sunday school to children about 5-7 years old, and her daughter, Nancy, played the piano. I know because I was in her class! When she moved to Amherst County, she was a member of Poplar Hill United Methodist Church, which was built from the rocks on Rocky Creek, which passed through the Mince Farm on Rt. 60W. At both places, she worked very hard in the kitchen helping with dinners and bake sales, etc.

  • Professional Career

    Geneva could do just about anything! She had a catering business in Amherst and catered a wedding of the daughter of J.C. Cash, which I recall because I helped her. She prepared ALL the food and many of the decorations in the social hall. Whether she did more weddings when I wasn't there, I cannot recollect. It was very hard work.
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    October 18, 2007
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    Old-age onset leukemia
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    Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 1060 First Colonial Rd, in Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454, United States
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    Chesapeake Memorial Gardens 524 Cedar Rd, in Chesapeake, Virginia 23322, United States
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Though her name was Edna Geneva, she went by her middle name of Geneva. She was a unique and strong individual her entire life. She was best known for her culinary abilities, which she enjoyed cooking and serving her relatives and friends. She even had a catering business for a while in Amherst County, VA, and prepared the food and served it for a wedding. She worked hard for the churches she belonged to by cooking and decorating for special events at Centerville Baptist Church in Chesapeake, VA, and selling cakes at bake sales for Popular United Methodist Church in Amherst County, VA. To know her was to love her!
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Working at North Bay Shore Family Campground abt 1980-1982
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Working at North Bay Shore Family Campground abt 1980-1982
Geneva is helping a camper find their way to the campground in Va. Beach, VA. She worked every summer for 30 years.
Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.
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Picking peaches at Knotts Island, NC abt 1989-1999
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Picking peaches at Knotts Island, NC abt 1989-1999
Geneva and her sister, Evelyn, loved to pick peaches at the Martin's Farm in Knotts Island, NC. This was between 1989-1999.
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Geneva and her television at Hickory, Norfolk, VA abt 1955-1959
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Geneva and her television at Hickory, Norfolk, VA abt 1955-1959
Geneva and her family resided on a farm in Hickory off Centerville Tnpk in Norfolk County [now Chesapeake], and this is her television, which was probably new or the photo wouldn't have been taken.
Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.
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Geneva & her son and daughter about 1982
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Geneva & her son and daughter about 1982
Taken in Va. Beach, Geneva is with Nancy and Carroll, her daughter and son. By this time, her husband was deceased.
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Geneva at the dairy barn at Hickory, Norfolk, VA
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Geneva at the dairy barn at Hickory, Norfolk, VA
Probably about 1945-55 in today's City of Chesapeake.
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Geneva holding Ivan Larry Higgerson, Jr. with her dad, Harry Clifton Higgerson, in the background.
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Geneva holding Ivan Larry Higgerson, Jr. with her dad, Harry Clifton Higgerson, in the background.
Taken abt 1967-68 at the home of her brother, L. Harold Higgerson and his wife, Eunice (Mince) Higgerson on Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake, VA.
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Geneva at Christmas 1970-80 in Amherst, VA
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Geneva at Christmas 1970-80 in Amherst, VA
Christmastime between 1970-1980 in Amherst County, VA, at her home on Richmond Rd (Rt 60).
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Geneva on R and her mother, Ruth (Mertens) Higgerson on left
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Geneva on R and her mother, Ruth (Mertens) Higgerson on left
Taken at the Mince Farm on Centerville Tnpk, Norfolk County [now Chesapeake] in the latter 1940s.
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Geneva holding Carroll, her son, at Hickory, Norfolk, VA.
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Geneva holding Carroll, her son, at Hickory, Norfolk, VA.
Soon after moving to VA from AR, Geneva is holding Carroll, who was born in Jul 1940, so photo may have been taken about Jul 1941.
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