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DATE: Friday, January 20, 1995               TAG: 9501200455
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HENDERSONVILLE, TENN.              LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

RUTH H. HASSELL

Ruth Lydia Hedley Hassell, 92, of the 100 block of Maple Drive, died Jan. 18, 1995, in Hendersonville.

She was born in Portsmouth, R.I., and was the widow of Maylon King Hassell. She was a member of Rosemont Christian Church in Chesapeake.

Survivors include two daughters, Marjorie R. Hope and her husband, Kenneth, of Port Charlotte, Fla., Betty Orsland and her husband, David, of Hendersonville; a sister, Elva Redding of Chesapeake; a brother, Henry A. Hedley and his wife, Margaret, of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Rosemont Christian Church by the Rev. Robert Harrell. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB