The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Saturday, October 1, 1994              TAG: 9410010217
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B04  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUTH T. MITCHELL

Ruth Tyson Mitchell, 90, died Sept. 30, 1994, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Mitchell was a native of Raleigh, N.C., and was the widow of Henry Mitchell. She was a retired cashier from Bell's Seafood Restaurant, Norfolk, and was a member of Portsmouth First Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include a sister, Pauline T. Thomas of Chesapeake; three nieces; and two nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Nelson Fields. Burial will be at a later date. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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