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DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                    TAG: 9406020370 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: PORTSMOUTH 
DATELINE: 940602                                 LENGTH: Short

EDWARD N. PARSONS SR.

{LEAD} Edward Nash Parsons Sr., 76, of the first block of E. Roberts Court, a retired machinist, died June 1, 1994, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mr. Parsons, a native of Portsmouth, was retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Shop 31, after 32 years. He was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Chesapeake, Moose Lodge (NU)898 and was a volunteer for Maryview Medical Center.

{REST} Survivors include his wife, Frances Creecy Parsons; three sisters, Virginia P. Gould of Norfolk, Margaret P. Godfrey of York, Pa., and Jane P. Parrish of Richmond; and three grandsons, Curtis, Ernest and Darryl.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Scott Riner. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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