The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 3, 1995               TAG: 9501030031
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B9   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: TYNER                              LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

BLANCHE M. ASBELL

Blanche Mansfield Asbell, 66, of Route 1, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 1995, in Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville.

Mrs. Asbell was born in Perquimans County. The daughter of the late Curvin C. and Mrs. Cassie Lee Perry Mansfield, she was retired from the cafeteria system of the Chowan County Public Schools. She was a member of Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary Unit 40 of the American Legion.

Surviving are her husband, Carlton E. Asbell; two daughters, Carolyn A. Owens of Edenton and Amy Asbell of Tyner; one son, Thomas Asbell of Tyner; one sister, Ophelia Meads of Elizabeth City; one brother, Marshall Mansfield of Mobile, Ala.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church by the Rev. Jesse Mansfield, the Rev. Randy Green and the Rev. Henry Pillow. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, handling arrangements. Friends may join the family at the residence.

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