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DATE: Wednesday, July 6, 1994                TAG: 9407060334
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GEORGE R. FINNEY

George R. Finney, 66, of the 2000 block of Angora Drive, died July 5, 1994, in his residence.

Mr. Finney was born in Parksley, Va. He retired as a command sergeant major in the U.S. Army after 29 years of service and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Survivors include his wife, Betty J. Finney; three daughters, Lynn Phelps of Chesapeake, Beth Otten and husband, David, of Loveland, Colo., and Karen Schlenk and husband, Matt, of Spring Lake, N.C.; two sons, Butch Davis and wife, Brenda, of Colonial Heights, Va., and Mike Davis and wife, Julie, of Chesapeake; and 20 grandchildren.

A graveside service, with military honors, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens by Pastor Carroll Hurley. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today.

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