The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Tuesday, September 13, 1994            TAG: 9409130278
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

THELMA R. TINCH

Thelma Richmond Tinch, 73, of the 4200 block of Cardinal Lane, died Sept. 12, 1994, in Obici Hospital.

A native of Strunk, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Jim and Susie Kidd Richmond. Mrs. Tinch was a member of First Assembly of God in Smithfield.

Survivors include her husband, Murriel Tinch; four sons, Kenneth A. Tinch of Spring Valley, N.Y., Darrel R. Tinch of Columbia, S.C., Morris L. Tinch of Martinsville, Va., and Jerry D. Tinch of Greensboro, N.C.; three sisters; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. William Hawkins. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk, Va. 23439.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB