
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 24, 1991                   TAG: 9102240117
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-7   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: ABINGDON                                LENGTH: Short

JOHNSTON MEMORIAL FORMING SUPPORT GROUP

A support group for people who have experienced the loss of a baby is being formed at Johnston Memorial Hospital in April, following a community-awareness program and training for counselors.

A community-awareness program will be held March 12 at 7 p.m. in the hospital's conference center with author Elizabeth B. Brown of Johnson City, Tenn., as the speaker.

Brown wrote "Sunrise Tomorrow: Coping with the Death of a Child" in 1988, telling how she and her husband coped with the death of their 7-year old daughter. She is a Virginia native and Emory & Henry College graduate.

Kathi Kiser, a regional parinatal education coordinator and registered nurse, will train other counselors. Further information on the support group is available by calling her at 628-2174, extension 232.

- Southwest bureau

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