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

DATE: Tuesday, March 28, 1995                TAG: 9503280209
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

FRANK BETHEA JR.

Frank Bethea Jr., 52, of the 900 block of Fifth St., died March 25, 1995, in Portsmouth General Hospital.

Mr. Bethea was born in Dillon, S.C., and was the widower of Pearl Bethea.

Survivors include a daughter, Al-Nisa Marie Bryant of South Plainfield, N.J.; a son, Andre Bethea of Portsmouth; his parents, Willena Bethea and Leroy Frank Bethea, both of Portsmouth; two sisters, Jannie Washington of Virginia Beach and Ella Dodd of Portsmouth; four brothers, Johnnie Bethea and Richard Bethea, both of Portsmouth, John Bethea and Leroy Bethea, both of New Jersey; three grandchildren; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Corprew Funeral Home by the Rev. T.M. Steele. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Viewing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

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