The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 4, 1997             TAG: 9702040161
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HOBBSVILLE                        LENGTH:   18 lines

ELGIN BUNCH

Elgin Bunch, 72, of Route 1, died Feb. 2, 1997, in Leigh Memorial Hospital.

A native of Chowan County, he was a member of Hobbsville Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran. He retired from Reed Oil Co.

Surviving are his wife, Marlene Clifton Bunch; two daughters, Beverly Edge and Donna Martinez, both of Chesapeake; a son, Mike Bunch of Hobbsville; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hobbsville Baptist Church by the Rev. Ted Clifton. Burial will be in the Bunch Family Cemetery. Harrell Funeral Home, Gatesville, is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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