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DATE: Saturday, July 23, 1994                TAG: 9407230147
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

ERIC D. DEVIN SR.

Eric D. Devin Sr., 22, of the 1000 block of Blair St., died July 20, 1994, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Mr. Devin was born in Norfolk.

Survivors include a daughter, Erica Williams; a son, Eric D. Devin Jr.; his mother, Harriett Devin, all of Portsmouth; his father, Curtis C. Devin Sr. of Norfolk; three sisters, Antoinette Boyd, Tasha Devin and Tonya Joyner, all of Norfolk; three brothers, Fleet Craddock, Darren Devin, both of Norfolk, and Ronald Devin of Portsmouth; his grandmother, Virginia Harrison of Martinsville, Va.; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was predeceased by a brother, Curtis C. Devin Jr.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Monday in New First Baptist Church, Portsmouth, by Dr. T.M. Steele and the Rev. Dwight O. Steele Sr. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Viewing will be Sunday from 10 a.m to 8 p.m. at Serenity Funeral Home, Portsmouth, and Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the church. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Family and friends will assemble at 1038 Blair St., Portsmouth, at 11:15 a.m. Monday for the processional to the church.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB