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

DATE: Sunday, February 12, 1995              TAG: 9502120009
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: EDENTON                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

BLANCHE S. HEDGEBETH

Blanche Smith Hedgebeth, 90, formerly of Holland, Va., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 1995, in Britthaven Nursing Home, Edenton.

Mrs. Hedgebeth was a native of Chowan County. She was a homemaker and a member of Holland Baptist Church. She was the wife of the late Willie Lee Hedgebeth.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, by the Rev. Meredith Garrett. Burial will follow in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. Friends may join the family at the home of W.E. Smith, Route 3, Edenton. The family will assemble at the funeral home Monday at 1:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB