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DATE: Thursday, February 23, 1995            TAG: 9502230256
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

MARVEL L. YATES

Marvel Land Yates, 82, of the 600 block of Dune St., died Feb. 21, 1995, in Virginia Beach.

She was a native of Norfolk and was the widow of William Franklin Yates Jr. She attended McKendree United Methodist Church.

Survivors include one son, Robert R. Yates of Raleigh, N.C.; one brother, Ellis Land of Norfolk; two nephews, William T. Goodson Jr. and Ellis Wayne Land, both of Virginia Beach; one niece, Vicki Lynn Moye of Virginia Beach; two great-nephews, Billy and Gary Wayne; and four great-nieces, Nicole, Holly, Cindy and Sandy.

The funeral will be conducted at 2p.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by the Rev. Eugene Larkin. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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