Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 31, 1991 TAG: 9103310010
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B/2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short
OBIT - FENTRESS, M.
FENTRESS, MILDRED H.\
Mildred Hall Fentress, age 93, of the 200 block of Robert Street in
Chesapeake, died March 29, in a Chesapeake hospital. She was the wife of the
late Wilbur Burwell Fentress and was a native of Butts Station, Va. She was
the director of the preschool program for Centerville Baptist Church and was a
school teacher for the Norfolk County Public Schools Systems. She was a member
of Centerville Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for over thirty
years. She was also a member of the Triangle Study Club. She is survived by
two daughters, Paige Fentress Custer, Roanoke; Bettie Fentress Grissom,
Chesapeake; one son, William Lee Fentress, Petersburg; two sisters, Virginia
Hall Paxson, Chesapeake; Bettie Lee Hall Charnock, Va. Beach; eight
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held
Monday at 1:00 p.m. in the Centerville Baptist Church by the Rev. Danny
Morris. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive
friends at the Oman Funeral Home from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. The family
suggests memorial contributions be made to the Centerville Baptist Church
Educational Program.
by CNB