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DATE: Thursday, September 22, 1994           TAG: 9409220375
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ROY F. PRITCHARD

Roy Fred Pritchard, 83, of the first block of Crawford Parkway, died Sept. 20, 1994, in Chesapeake.

Mr. Pritchard was a native of Gardner, W.Va. He was a retired electrician from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and was also retired from Maryview Medical Center as a security guard in 1989 after 15 years.

Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Elizabeth Decker of Portsmouth; a son, Frederick Dan Pritchard of Clarksville, Va.; two brothers, George Thomas Pritchard of Suffolk and Theodore Glenn Pritchard of Bluefield, W.Va.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Tom Potter. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made to Emily Green Shores, Porch Fund, 500 Westmoreland Ave., Portsmouth, Va. 23707.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB