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DATE: Saturday, November 19, 1994            TAG: 9411190356
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: KITTY HAWK                         LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

RUSSELL H. MEERS

Russell H. ``Babe'' Meers, 75, of 56 Hickory Trail, Kitty Hawk, N.C., a former Major League Baseball pitcher, died Wednesday afternoon at Lancaster General Hospital following a brief illness.

He was the husband of Dorothy Wright Meers, who died in September. They had been married 49 years.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1994, 10 a.m. at the Duck United Methodist Church in Duck, N.C. 27949. Memorial contributions may be sent to the church.

KEYWORDS: OBITUARY DEATH by CNB