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DATE: Sunday, July 10, 1994                  TAG: 9407100018
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

ALMA R. HOST

Alma Ray Host, 85, of the 500 block of Patrick St., died July 9, 1994.

She was a native of Wilmington, N.C., a member of Westhaven Baptist Church and the widow of Karl L. Host.

Survivors include a niece, Doris M. Hoffler of Portsmouth; a great-niece, Susan H. Wheeler of Chesapeake; and other nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. W. Thomas Wood. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB