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DATE: Thursday, September 22, 1994           TAG: 9409220362
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

HELEN F. BOWDEN

Helen Fabella Bowden, 79, of the 100 block of E. Randall Ave., died Sept. 20, 1994, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Bowden was born in Winton, N.C. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and the Fleet Reserve Association Ladies Auxiliary Unit 60 Plus.

Survivors include her husband, Frank G. Bowden; four daughters, Carolyn F. Moran and Loretta F. Merchant and Helen J. Fabella, all of Miami, Fla. and Danna F. Wilson of Oakland, Calif.; a son, Philip L. Fabella of Miami, Fla.; a sister, Virginia Vigilante Stokes of Virginia Beach; a brother, James U. Lilley of Virginia Beach; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

The funeral will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by Dr. John P. Mason. Entombment will be in Rosewood Memorial Park Mausoleum. Family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and following the funeral at 3528 Byrn Brae Drive, Virginia Beach.

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