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DATE: Saturday, March 25, 1995               TAG: 9503250283
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FRANKLIN                           LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

ESTELLE W. BEALE

Mary Estelle Wills Beale, 95, of Black Creek, died Thursday, March 23, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Beale was the widow of Raby Beale and was a long-time member of Black Creek Baptist Church. She was predeceased by a son, Fenton O. Beale.

Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Esther B. Beale of Walters; four grandchildren, Rhonda Beale Copeland of Sedley, Johnie R. Beale of Walters, Betsy Beale Creason of Zuni and Tracy Beale Gnieski of Walters; six great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Wright Funeral Home by the Rev. Wayne Underwood. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Friends may join the family at the home of Mrs. Esther Beale, 27962 Walters Highway.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB