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

DATE: Thursday, February 9, 1995             TAG: 9502090335
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

DIANE RUCKER

Diane Rucker, 48, of the 100 block of Cavalier Blvd., died Feb. 6, 1995.

Mrs. Rucker was born in New York, N.Y. She was a medical records clerk at Portsmouth General Hospital and a member of New First Baptist Church, Taylorsville.

Survivors include a son, Kevin Graham of New York; her parents, Bernice Graham of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Fred Graham of New York; a brother, Carl Graham of Manhattan, N.Y.; and an uncle, Jarvis Melton of Portsmouth.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at New First Baptist Church, Taylorsville, Portsmouth, by Dr. T.M. Steele. Burial will be in Roosevelt Memorial Park. Family and friends will assemble at 1016 Holladay St., Portsmouth, at 2:15 p.m. for the processional to the church on Friday. The family will receive friends at Serenity Funeral Home from 6 to 7 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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