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DATE: Friday, August 19, 1994                TAG: 9408190529
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JERRY R. HUDSON

Jerry Richard Hudson, 43, of the 6400 block of Portsmouth Blvd., died Thursday, Aug. 18, 1994, in Portsmouth.

Mr. Hudson was a native of Sampson County, N.C., and was a member of River Shore Baptist Church in Portsmouth. He was a U.S. Navy machinist mate senior chief, having served in the Navy for 24 years. He had served on the USS Guam and was a veteran of Vietnam and Desert Storm.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia A. Hudson; three daughters, Beth Oakes and Melissa Hudson, both of Portsmouth, and Shannon Hudson of Chesapeake; a son, Alan Hudson of Portsmouth; his mother and father, Margaret B. Hudson and George Hartfell Hudson, both of Garland, N.C.; five sisters, Cindy Hudson and Carolyn Hopkins, both of Garland, N.C., Laura Graham of Ridgeway, Va., Sara Lumpkin of Penhook, Va., and Mary Jane Moore of Reidsville, N.C.; a grandson, Ryan Oakes; five brothers-in-law; one son-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in River Shore Baptist Church Portsmouth, by Dr. William C. Russ. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. The family will be at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

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