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Granville Lloyd Tubman Jr.
Posted 4/9/08
Granville Lloyd Tubman, Jr., 95 CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Granville Lloyd Tubman Jr., of Cambridge, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was 95. He was born in Cambridge …
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Granville Lloyd Tubman Jr.
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Granville Lloyd Tubman, Jr., 95
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Granville Lloyd Tubman Jr., of Cambridge, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was 95.
He was born in Cambridge on Dec. 30, 1912, and was the son of Granville Lloyd Tubman Sr. and Naomi Willis Tubman.
Mr. Tubman spent a few of his early years living in Baltimore, where his father had a fine shoe factory with his brother, Robert Eugene Tubman.
In 1918, the family moved to a new home on Hambrooks Boulevard called "Ayershire."
Granville attended the Academy School from 1919-1925.
From there, he attended the Seminary School on the Harbor. He graduated in 1930 and was a member of the class which was the first class to graduate from the new Cambridge High School.
In 1930, he attended Johns Hopkins University with the intention of becoming a doctor. However, his father purchased the Evans Jewelry Store on Poplar Street in Cambridge and asked Granville to join him in the business.
Mr. Tubman spent over 76 years in the jewelry business first at Tubman's The Jewelers from 1938-60, then the Jewel Box in Dover, Del., from 1960-1985.
After he retired, his customers still called on him for their jewelry needs.
He was very dedicated and highly respected in his profession.
During the 1930s, Mr. Tubman served in the National Guard, 29th Division, and was a member of the Cambridge Rotary Club from 1938 until his death.
Mr. Tubman married Margaret "Peggy" Nielsen Tubman from Lake Bluff, Ill., on June 28, 1941. They made their home in Cambridge until April 1942 when Mr. Tubman enlisted in the Navy. They spent two years in Norfolk, Va., where their son Terry Lloyd Tubman was born.
Mr. Tubman was a supply sergeant at the Norfolk Naval Base. After receiving a commission as pay clerk he was sent to the Pacific Theater of the war where he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1945.
Mr. Tubman loved tennis, gardening, boating and traveling.
He was a skilled carpenter and built his own 32-foot sailboat.
Mr. Tubman was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, where he served many years on the vestry and the graveyard committee.
He was a member of the Cambridge Rotary Club, Cambridge Yacht Club, Chesapeake Bay Rotary Yacht Squadron, Dorchester Art Center, Dorchester County Historical Society, a Founder of Sailwinds, a member of the Grand National Waterfowl Association, The Indoor Racquet Club, the American Gemological Society, the Retail Jewelers Association, a supporter of the YMCA and the James G. Busick Memorial Tennis Facility, Dorchester Farm Club, Fraternal Order of the Police, honorary member of Rescue Fire Co., and a member of St. John's Chapel.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Louise Mace; and a brother, Richard Tubman.
Mr. Tubman is survived by one son, Terry Lloyd Tubman; one daughter, Susan Tubman Blake and husband Richard M. Blake; four granddaughter, Mary Beth Glessner, Christy B. Waters and her husband John Waters, Wendy T. Collins and her husband Bruce Collins, and Melissa T. Fox and her husband Ryan Fox; six great-grandchildren, Shelby Louise Glessner, Samuel Lloyd Glessner, Sarah Margaret Waters, Mason Blake Waters, Alyssa Skye Fox and Brayden Daniel Fox; one brother, William Willis Tubman and his wife Olga J. Tubman; one sister-in-law, Jane Nielsen; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge, with the Rev. Michael D. Reddig officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today in the church.
Interment will be in Christ Churchyard.
Pallbearers will be John Waters, Bruce Collins, Ronald Cannon, Chris Smith, Brig. Gen. James Adkins and William Willis Tubman Jr. Honorary pall bearers will be John Neild Jr., Paul Brooks, William Vincent and Linwood Miller.
Instead of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made Christ Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 456, Cambridge, MD 21613; St. John's Chapel, 1213 Hudson Road, Cambridge, MD 21613; or to Dorchester General Hospital, P.O. Box 439, Cambridge, MD 21613.
Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home, Cambridge.
CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Granville Lloyd Tubman Jr., of Cambridge, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was 95.
He was born in Cambridge on Dec. 30, 1912, and was the son of Granville Lloyd Tubman Sr. and Naomi Willis Tubman.
Mr. Tubman spent a few of his early years living in Baltimore, where his father had a fine shoe factory with his brother, Robert Eugene Tubman.
In 1918, the family moved to a new home on Hambrooks Boulevard called "Ayershire."
Granville attended the Academy School from 1919-1925.
From there, he attended the Seminary School on the Harbor. He graduated in 1930 and was a member of the class which was the first class to graduate from the new Cambridge High School.
In 1930, he attended Johns Hopkins University with the intention of becoming a doctor. However, his father purchased the Evans Jewelry Store on Poplar Street in Cambridge and asked Granville to join him in the business.
Mr. Tubman spent over 76 years in the jewelry business first at Tubman's The Jewelers from 1938-60, then the Jewel Box in Dover, Del., from 1960-1985.
After he retired, his customers still called on him for their jewelry needs.
He was very dedicated and highly respected in his profession.
During the 1930s, Mr. Tubman served in the National Guard, 29th Division, and was a member of the Cambridge Rotary Club from 1938 until his death.
Mr. Tubman married Margaret "Peggy" Nielsen Tubman from Lake Bluff, Ill., on June 28, 1941. They made their home in Cambridge until April 1942 when Mr. Tubman enlisted in the Navy. They spent two years in Norfolk, Va., where their son Terry Lloyd Tubman was born.
Mr. Tubman was a supply sergeant at the Norfolk Naval Base. After receiving a commission as pay clerk he was sent to the Pacific Theater of the war where he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy in 1945.
Mr. Tubman loved tennis, gardening, boating and traveling.
He was a skilled carpenter and built his own 32-foot sailboat.
Mr. Tubman was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, where he served many years on the vestry and the graveyard committee.
He was a member of the Cambridge Rotary Club, Cambridge Yacht Club, Chesapeake Bay Rotary Yacht Squadron, Dorchester Art Center, Dorchester County Historical Society, a Founder of Sailwinds, a member of the Grand National Waterfowl Association, The Indoor Racquet Club, the American Gemological Society, the Retail Jewelers Association, a supporter of the YMCA and the James G. Busick Memorial Tennis Facility, Dorchester Farm Club, Fraternal Order of the Police, honorary member of Rescue Fire Co., and a member of St. John's Chapel.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Louise Mace; and a brother, Richard Tubman.
Mr. Tubman is survived by one son, Terry Lloyd Tubman; one daughter, Susan Tubman Blake and husband Richard M. Blake; four granddaughter, Mary Beth Glessner, Christy B. Waters and her husband John Waters, Wendy T. Collins and her husband Bruce Collins, and Melissa T. Fox and her husband Ryan Fox; six great-grandchildren, Shelby Louise Glessner, Samuel Lloyd Glessner, Sarah Margaret Waters, Mason Blake Waters, Alyssa Skye Fox and Brayden Daniel Fox; one brother, William Willis Tubman and his wife Olga J. Tubman; one sister-in-law, Jane Nielsen; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge, with the Rev. Michael D. Reddig officiating.
The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today in the church.
Interment will be in Christ Churchyard.
Pallbearers will be John Waters, Bruce Collins, Ronald Cannon, Chris Smith, Brig. Gen. James Adkins and William Willis Tubman Jr. Honorary pall bearers will be John Neild Jr., Paul Brooks, William Vincent and Linwood Miller.
Instead of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made Christ Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 456, Cambridge, MD 21613; St. John's Chapel, 1213 Hudson Road, Cambridge, MD 21613; or to Dorchester General Hospital, P.O. Box 439, Cambridge, MD 21613.
Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home, Cambridge.
