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DATE: Friday, August 19, 1994                TAG: 9408190534
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

THELMA D. BUYRN

Thelma D. Buyrn, 83, of the 2400 block of Holland Road, died Aug. 18, 1994, in Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Buyrn was born in Hartford, Conn. She retired from Buyrn, Old, Eaton, Inc. as a bookkeeper in 1977 and was also a receptionist for Buyrningwood Farm, Inc.

Survivors include a daughter, Thelma B. Overstreet, and two sons, Foster D. Buyrn and Eugene O. Buyrn, all of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren, Stephen Buyrn, Melinda Sawyer, John Buyrn Overstreet, Mary Louise Overstreet, Laura Padgett, Lorretta Brown and Lorraine Parrish; and seven great-grandchildren, Mark Padgett, Robert Padgett, James Padgett, Adam Padgett, Grace Padgett, Andrew Parrish and Charles Parrish.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, by the Rev. Vinny Losciale. Friends may join the family at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, from 6 to 8 p.m. today for visitation.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB