Alma DeFelice

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ALMA GREGORY DeFELICE

On September 1, 2006, wife of the late Benedetto DeFelice; mother of
Gregory, Mary, Paul and the late Philip; grandmother of Christopher,
Nicholas and Rebecca; sister of Myrtle Davis and the late Roy and Paul
Gregory; daughter of the late Bolden and Mamie (DeBruhl) Gregory.
Originally from Union, SC, she was a long time resident of Arlington,
VA and most recently a resident of Springfield, VA. On Monday, October
16, the family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. at MURPHY'S
FUNERAL HOME, 4510 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. A memorial service is
planned for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17 at the Fort Myer Chapel,
followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery and a reception
at the Fort Myer Officers' Club.
Published in The Washington Post on Oct. 18 2006


Alma's hobby was researching family history.  Her mother was Mamie DeBruhl from
the South Carolina branch of the DeBruhl family.  Alma attended the DeBruhl family reunion
held in Mars Hill, NC each year and shared her research with the family members.
She traveled with her husband Ben DeFelice and would do research while Ben was tending to
CIA business.  One of her travels landed them in Nassau, The Bahamas, on a whim she stopped
off at the library/historic society and started doing research.  Her research uncovered a veritable
treasure trove of DeBruhl family history,  Michael Samuel DeBruhl Jr was living in the Bahamas during the American Revolution and was appointed after the Revolution to settle a court case which resulted in all the court records and affidavits were securely stored away from the war in the colonies and preserved.  This find by Alma unlocked the early history of the DeBruhl family history starting with the landing of the family of Michael Samuel DeBruhl and Margaret Pring DeBruhl in 1749 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  And their migration to New York and thence to the Carolina's.  Alma was a real good friend and distant cousin.   Norman DeBruhl.