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DATE: Friday, September 2, 1994              TAG: 9409020541
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: BOYKINS                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

ELIZABETH R. EDDINS

Elizabeth Ruth Eddins, 80, a resident of Boykins, died on Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, in East Pavilion of Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin.

Ms. Eddins was a native of Zebulon, N.C., and was the daughter of the late Walter Allen and Sadie Faucett Eddins. She was a member of Branchville Baptist Church and was a retired baker from Continental Bread Co. in Raleigh, N.C. She was mother of the late Henry J. Edwards.

She is survived by nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be held at Branchville Baptist Church on Saturday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Zebulon Cemetery, Zebulon, N.C. The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

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