Volleyball legend Jimmy George's mother Mary passes away
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Mary George, the mother of legendary Volleyball player Jimmy George, passed away at Peravoor in Kannur on Monday. She was 87.
Mary and her husband George Joseph had eight sons and two daughters. Jimmy and his brothers made the famous volleyball team Peravoor Brothers.
Jimmy -- who was an iconic volleyball player, winner of an Asian Games medal and recipient of the Arjuna Award -- was her most famous son.
Her two other sons, Jose George IPS and Robert Bobby George, were national stars in volleyball and triple jump respectively. World Championship medal-winning long jumper Anju Bobby George is her daughter-in-law.
Mary George's funeral will be held at St Joseph's Forane Church at Peravoor at 10 am on Wednesday.
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