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DATE: Saturday, January 14, 1995             TAG: 9501140132
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUBY C. COTTON

Ruby Creech Cotton, 70, of Portsmouth and formerly of Lakewood Plaza Apts. in Norfolk, died Jan. 12, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Cotton was a native of Garner, N.C., and was the widow of Earl Wilmer Cotton.

Survivors include a daughter, Betsy C. Newbern of Portsmouth; five sisters; two brothers; two grandchildren, William S. Newbern Jr. and Teresa N. Thomas; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Margie V. Cotton.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Alan G. Moor. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB