The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Monday, December 19, 1994              TAG: 9412190030
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

HEATHER MARIE BEDFORD

Heather Marie Bedford, the two-year-old daughter of Richelle ``Shelly'' O'Bryan Bedford and David E. Bedford Jr., died Saturday, Dec. 17, 1994 in Suffolk.

Heather was a native of Des Moines, Iowa. She was preceded in death by a grandfather, David E. Bedford Sr. and a great-grandfather, William N. Labruyere.

Survivors include a brother, David Earl Bedford III; grandparents, Elizabeth and Richard ``OB'' O'Bryan of Virginia Beach and Christine Bedford of Des Moines, Iowa; great-grandparents, Lorena and Ottis O'Bryan of St. Genevieve, Mo., Filomena Labruyere of St. Genevieve, Gloria and Ronald Reynolds of Millerton, Iowa and Alice Williams of Des Moines; and numerous great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins.

The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, by the Rev. James C. Griffin. Burial will be in Colonial Grove Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. The family will be at the funeral home today from 6 to 8 p.m.

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