Audrey L. Oast Gaskins, 92, formerly of Churchland, died on December 1st.
She was born the second daughter of George W. Oast, MD and Ethel B. (Kaufman) Oast, formerly of Portsmouth, VA. Raised in Portsmouth, she lived for most of her life in Churchland. Upon the 1988 sale of their farm and dairy (now a part of Harbour View), she retired with her husband to Portsmouth, where she lived until moving in 2010 to The Chesapeake in Newport News, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by an older sister, Ethel (Oast) Speers of Chesapeake, and by her husband of 63 years, Charles E. Gaskins, Jr. She is survived by her three children: Charles E. Gaskins III, DDS (Donna) of Richmond, Robert O. Gaskins (Terri) of Chesapeake, and Virginia L. (Gaskins) Videll (Jim) of Virginia Beach; six grandchildren: Christie Gaskins Farrell (Peter), Katie L. Gaskins of Richmond, Stephanie Gaskins and Philip Gaskins (Allie) of Chesapeake, Kyle G. Videll, and Logan E. Videll of Virginia Beach; many nieces and nephews and their children.
Mrs. Gaskins was a 1945 1/2 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. She then graduated in 1950 from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg. She briefly taught in the Portsmouth Public School System and then was a mother and a housewife for many years thereafter. She was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school, and the Portsmouth Service League. She also volunteered at both the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the former Churchland Library.
Interment will be private at the Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery. Loving Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cemetery Fund, Churchland Baptist Church, 3031 Churchland Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23321. Online condolences may be made at www.LovingFuneralHome.com.
Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Dec. 5, 2021.
She was born the second daughter of George W. Oast, MD and Ethel B. (Kaufman) Oast, formerly of Portsmouth, VA. Raised in Portsmouth, she lived for most of her life in Churchland. Upon the 1988 sale of their farm and dairy (now a part of Harbour View), she retired with her husband to Portsmouth, where she lived until moving in 2010 to The Chesapeake in Newport News, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by an older sister, Ethel (Oast) Speers of Chesapeake, and by her husband of 63 years, Charles E. Gaskins, Jr. She is survived by her three children: Charles E. Gaskins III, DDS (Donna) of Richmond, Robert O. Gaskins (Terri) of Chesapeake, and Virginia L. (Gaskins) Videll (Jim) of Virginia Beach; six grandchildren: Christie Gaskins Farrell (Peter), Katie L. Gaskins of Richmond, Stephanie Gaskins and Philip Gaskins (Allie) of Chesapeake, Kyle G. Videll, and Logan E. Videll of Virginia Beach; many nieces and nephews and their children.
Mrs. Gaskins was a 1945 1/2 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. She then graduated in 1950 from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg. She briefly taught in the Portsmouth Public School System and then was a mother and a housewife for many years thereafter. She was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school, and the Portsmouth Service League. She also volunteered at both the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the former Churchland Library.
Interment will be private at the Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery. Loving Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cemetery Fund, Churchland Baptist Church, 3031 Churchland Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23321. Online condolences may be made at www.LovingFuneralHome.com.
Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Dec. 5, 2021.
Audrey L. Oast Gaskins, 92, formerly of Churchland, died on December 1st.
She was born the second daughter of George W. Oast, MD and Ethel B. (Kaufman) Oast, formerly of Portsmouth, VA. Raised in Portsmouth, she lived for most of her life in Churchland. Upon the 1988 sale of their farm and dairy (now a part of Harbour View), she retired with her husband to Portsmouth, where she lived until moving in 2010 to The Chesapeake in Newport News, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by an older sister, Ethel (Oast) Speers of Chesapeake, and by her husband of 63 years, Charles E. Gaskins, Jr. She is survived by her three children: Charles E. Gaskins III, DDS (Donna) of Richmond, Robert O. Gaskins (Terri) of Chesapeake, and Virginia L. (Gaskins) Videll (Jim) of Virginia Beach; six grandchildren: Christie Gaskins Farrell (Peter), Katie L. Gaskins of Richmond, Stephanie Gaskins and Philip Gaskins (Allie) of Chesapeake, Kyle G. Videll, and Logan E. Videll of Virginia Beach; many nieces and nephews and their children.
Mrs. Gaskins was a 1945 1/2 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. She then graduated in 1950 from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg. She briefly taught in the Portsmouth Public School System and then was a mother and a housewife for many years thereafter. She was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school, and the Portsmouth Service League. She also volunteered at both the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the former Churchland Library.
Interment will be private at the Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery. Loving Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cemetery Fund, Churchland Baptist Church, 3031 Churchland Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23321. Online condolences may be made at www.LovingFuneralHome.com.
Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Dec. 5, 2021.
She was born the second daughter of George W. Oast, MD and Ethel B. (Kaufman) Oast, formerly of Portsmouth, VA. Raised in Portsmouth, she lived for most of her life in Churchland. Upon the 1988 sale of their farm and dairy (now a part of Harbour View), she retired with her husband to Portsmouth, where she lived until moving in 2010 to The Chesapeake in Newport News, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by an older sister, Ethel (Oast) Speers of Chesapeake, and by her husband of 63 years, Charles E. Gaskins, Jr. She is survived by her three children: Charles E. Gaskins III, DDS (Donna) of Richmond, Robert O. Gaskins (Terri) of Chesapeake, and Virginia L. (Gaskins) Videll (Jim) of Virginia Beach; six grandchildren: Christie Gaskins Farrell (Peter), Katie L. Gaskins of Richmond, Stephanie Gaskins and Philip Gaskins (Allie) of Chesapeake, Kyle G. Videll, and Logan E. Videll of Virginia Beach; many nieces and nephews and their children.
Mrs. Gaskins was a 1945 1/2 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. She then graduated in 1950 from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg. She briefly taught in the Portsmouth Public School System and then was a mother and a housewife for many years thereafter. She was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school, and the Portsmouth Service League. She also volunteered at both the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the former Churchland Library.
Interment will be private at the Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery. Loving Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cemetery Fund, Churchland Baptist Church, 3031 Churchland Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23321. Online condolences may be made at www.LovingFuneralHome.com.
Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Dec. 5, 2021.
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