The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, July 21, 1994                TAG: 9407210428
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B05  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: EAST LAKE, N.C.                    LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

HENRY MELVIN AMBROSE SR.

Henry Melvin Ambrose Sr., 68, of Moyock, N.C., died Wednesday, July 20, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Mr. Ambrose, a native of East Lake, N.C., was a retired heavy equipment operator and a member of the Harbor Light Holiness Church. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army. He was the son of the late Henry and Rena Sawyer Ambrose.

Mr. Ambrose is survived by one daughter, Shirley A. Elbrecht of Moyock; one son, Henry Melvin Ambrose Jr. of Moyock; two sisters, Mae Payne and Sarah Harrison, both of Manns Harbor; one brother, Dolphus Ambrose of Chesapeake, Va.; and one grandchild.

Funeral services will be held in the Harbor Light Holiness Church, Manns Harbor, on Saturday, July 23, at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Bobby Beasley. Burial will follow in the East Lake United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the funeral home on Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.

Twiford's Colony Chapel, Manteo, is in charge of arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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