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John Ralph Gallo was born Giovanni Rafael Gallo to Eduardo and Melrose Gallo in Florence, Italy [Firenze, Italia] on May 13, 1943. John immigrated with his parents and siblings from the port of Genoa in Italy to Brooklyn, New York in May 1944. Immigration documents recorded his birthday as May 15, and because of this we celebrated two birthdays for him, both May 13 and May 15. Because his mother had been born in Queens before moving back to Italy, John was fortunate to have been born an...

Earma E Whitehead, 60 of Norfolk, Virginia transitioned on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, following an extended illness. She was born to the late James and Kathleen Whitehead on May 23, 1960 in Southhampton County (Newsome,VA). Earma was educated in the Norfolk City Public School system.  She worked at Suntrust Bank in housekeeping for a brief time.  Earma was a passionate homemaker.  She became a mother at 16 and spent her formative years caring for her daughter and her younger...