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DATE: SUNDAY, December 26, 1993                   TAG: 9312270207
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NORFOLK                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT-SUTPHIN, R. DAVID

SUTPHIN, R. David, Personnel Man, First Class, U.S. Navy, 40, of Norfolk, formerly of Snowville, died Wednesday, December 22, 1993, in Norfolk, Va. He was a graduate of Radford University and obtained his M.B.A. degree from Golden Gate University in California. He entered the service in September 1982 and served in the following commands: The Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.; The Naval Technical Training Center, Meridian, Miss.; The U.S.S. Mt. Whitney; L.C.C. 20; The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (A.U.T.E.C.) of Andros Island, Bahamas; The Personnel Support Detachment; Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia Beach and the U.S.S. LaSalle A.G.F. 3, Norfolk. He was awarded the Naval Battle E Navy Achievement Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal and the Enlisted Warfare Service Specialist. In 1992, he was the Sailor of the Year for the Norfolk Area Personnel Support Detachments. Surviving are his wife, Mary Jo Lancaster Sutphin, Snowville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Sutphin, Radford; two brothers, Steven Sutphin, Kenbridge and Benjamin Sutphin, Richmond; one sister, Crystal Johnston, Christiansburg. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Gethsemane Baptist Church, with Pastor Jerry Gibson and the Rev. Jim Bain officiating. Interment with full military rites will follow in the Belmont Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home. 


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