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DATE: Wednesday, September 21, 1994          TAG: 9409210334
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

LUCY P. DEGRAW

Lucy Inez Porter DeGraw, 94, of the 2000 block of Darden Terrace, died Sept. 19, 1994, in Portsmouth.

Mrs. DeGraw was a native of Southampton County and was the widow of George C. DeGraw. She was a charter member and the oldest living member at the time of her death, of Lee Memorial Baptist Church, Chesapeake.

Survivors include two daughters, Gertrude D. ``Angel'' Broughton of Kill Devil Hills, N.C. and Inez D. Baker of Portsmouth; five grandchildren, George C. DeGraW III of Suffolk, Ann D. Lynch of Carrollton, Va., Bonnie B. Houck and Cynthia B. Cox, both of Portsmouth, and Kendall B. Austin of Wanchese, N.C.; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two sons, George C. ``Dick'' DeGraw and Raymond W. ``Pete'' DeGraw.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by Dr. Ray O. Jones. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. by CNB