THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, September 20, 1994 TAG: 9409200270
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
Fred Edward Rose, 76, died Sunday at his residence.
Mr. Rose was born in Englehard, N.C. He was the son of the late Johnnie and Dezzie Armstrong Rose. He had retired from J.C. Jones Sand Company as a dredger operator.
Mr. Rose served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. He later worked on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. He may be remembered by local readers as the subject of a Lawrence Maddry column about the creation of Lake Fred in Virginia Beach which was named for Mr. Rose.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Rose; five daughters, Rose Marie Bunch of Elizabeth City, Annie Lee Brickhouse of Columbia, N.C., Patsy Weeks of Elizabeth City, Regina Kraemer of Chesapeake and Marilyn Simpson of Virginia Beach; two sons, Edward Dean Rose of Decatur, Ala., and Fred Edward Rose Jr. of Virginia Beach; four sisters, Rosalee Patrick and Dezzie Rose, both of Washington, N.C., Gretchel Sawyer of Pinetown, N.C., and Virgie Bateman of Columbia, N.C.; four brothers, Rufus Rose of Blandenboro, N.C., and John Rose, Jack Rose and Melvin Rose, all of Columbia; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens on Wednesday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Desi Allen. The family will be at 309 D St., Chesapeake, following the service. Oman Funeral Home, Great Bridge, is handling arrangements.
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