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DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 1995             TAG: 9511140060
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

DOROTHY C. BLACK

Dorothy Congleton Black, 76, of the 4200 block of Greenwood Drive, died Nov. 13, 1995.

She was a native of Beaufort, N.C., and was the widow of Charles Leonard Black. She was a member of Ann Street Baptist Church, Beaufort, N.C.

She is survived by one son, Reuben Michael Guthrie of Portsmouth; stepdaughter, Yvonne Dixon of Palm Coast, Fla.; three grandchildren, Dorothea Ann Journigan of Suffolk, Reuben Michael Guthrie and Joseph Verlyn Guthrie, both of Portsmouth; two great-granddaughters, Diana Marie Guthrie and Linda Ann Guthrie, both of Portsmouth; four step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren, all of Palm Coast, Fla. She was predeceased by a great-grandson, Dustin Lee Journigan.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Gene V. Primm. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m.

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