The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Monday, November 21, 1994              TAG: 9411210011
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

MELVINA S. STONE

Melvina Sanidas Stone, 89, of the 5200 block of Gale Drive, a homemaker, died Nov. 20, 1994, in Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Stone was born in Winfall, N.C. She was the widow of Theodore William Sanidas and Ransom S. Stone. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Norfolk. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen S. Vatisek.

Survivors include three sons, William T. Sanidas of Baton Rouge, La., Chris B. Sanidas of Virginia Beach and Nick A. Sanidas of Hertford, N.C.; a brother, Mathis Jordan of Smithfield; 20 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Trinity Baptist Church, Norfolk, by Dr. John Mason and Dr. Walker Stockburger. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Jordan Family Cemetery, Ryland, N.C. The family will receive friends in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.

Memorial donations may be made to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, c/o Trinity Baptist Church, 2808 Ballentine Blvd., Norfolk, Va. 23509.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB