Myrtle Louise CHARLTON^[1]

1919 - 1993  (73 years)

• Name	Myrtle Louise CHARLTON
  Nickname	Louise
  Birth	14 Aug 1919	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Jun 1993	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 3]
  	Louise died at her Sandpiper Drive, Portsmouth, Virginia home on 20 June 1993. She was 73 years old.
  funeral	22 Jun 1993	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Her funeral service, conducted by Mr. James Wismer and Mr. Richard Laslo, was held at Snellings Funeral Home's Churchland Chapel in Portsmouth, Virginia at 2:00pm on 22 June 1993.
  Burial	22 Jun 1993	Suffolk City, VA   [3]
  	Entombment followed at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens Mausoleum in Suffolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I2121	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Julius CHARLTON,   b. 23 Mar 1879, Moyock, Currituck Co, NC d. 25 Apr 1936, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Helen MARSH,   b. 10 May 1878, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 10 Nov 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 April 1912	Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 10 April 1912.
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Heber Clarence WRIGHT, Jr.,   b. 7 Feb 1917, North Carolina d. 9 Aug 1960 (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Donald A. WRIGHT   2. Thomas Leroy WRIGHT,   b. 19 Jun 1941, Portsmouth City, VA d. 25 Apr 1995, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Charles Vincent GASKINS, Jr.,   b. 11 Nov 1916, Portsmouth City, VA d. 7 Apr 1996, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	c. 1983  [3, 5]
  	Charlie's obituary states that he and Louise had been married for 10 years, prior to her 1993 death.
  Notes	Charlie was a widower at the time of this marriage.
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: January 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S5263] Resided: April 1930, Portsmouth City, VA Resided: April 1940, Portsmouth City, VA [S913]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5263] 1920 US Census / Charlton, Julius. [S5265] Myrtle L. Gaskins. SSN 225-09-1751. SSDI. [S5266] Myrtle L. Gaskins obituary, The Virginian-Pilot, (Norfolk, VA) 21 June 1993. [S1868] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1900 - 1935., ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 53: Julius Charlton - Myrtle Sykes marriage (1912), file no. 3882. [S5268] Charlie V. Gaskins, Jr. obituary, The Virginian-Pilot, (Norfolk, VA) 9 April 1996.