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DATE: Sunday, January 1, 1995                TAG: 9501010001
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FRANKLIN                           LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

MARY L. BATCHELOR

Mary L. Batchelor, R.N., 81, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 1994. She was a graduate of the Norfolk General Hospital School of Nursing and had taken post graduate courses at Baylor University and Catholic University. Mrs. Batchelor was an Air Force nurse during World War II and had retired as a registered nurse after 28 years at various veterans hospitals.

Survivors include two sisters, Macy Mears and Sadie Conner and one brother, William R. Conner, all of Franklin.

At Mrs. Batchelor's requests, her body is to be cremated and there is to be no service. Wright Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB