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DATE: Wednesday, May 8, 1996                 TAG: 9605080349
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

LEON REESE SR.

Leon Reese Sr., of the 3400 block of Mangrove Ave., died May 7, 1996. He was a native of Chesapeake.

He is survived by a daughter, Thayer Reese of Norfolk; two sons, Leon Reese Jr. and Calvin Gibson, both of Norfolk; sister, Beverly Breathwaite of Virginia Beach; two grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be conducted at noon Friday by the Rev. C.K. Jones in Community Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB