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DATE: Monday, December 19, 1994              TAG: 9412190028
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EVA MAE B. SPIERS

Eva Mae Barnes Spiers, 80, of the 1000 block of Myrtle St., a retired legal secretary, died Dec. 18, 1994, in Chesapeake.

Mrs. Spiers was born in Bertie County, N.C. She had retired from Thomas Woodward Law Firm after 39 years. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Wesley Bible Class and was past president of the United Methodist Women. She was past worthy matron of Sinai Chapter 18, Order of the Eastern Star. She was predeceased by her parents, Ida Mae Phelps Barnes and William H. Barnes.

Survivors include her husband, Leslie Nilson Spiers; a brother, Hubert P. Barnes of Greenville, S.C.; and nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Hill Funeral Home by Dr. Alan Felumlee. Entombment will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home today from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 2794, Norfolk, Va. 23501 or Main Street U.M.C. Memorial Fund, 202 N. Main St., Suffolk, Va. 23434.

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