THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Thursday, April 6, 1995 TAG: 9504060310 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Travon ``Von'' Melvin Russell, 14, of the 200 block of Weller Blvd., a student, died April 4, 1995, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
He was born in Norfolk and attended Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach. He was a member of Trueway Evangelistic Mission Church, Virginia Beach, and was a member of the Junior Usher Board and the Junior Choir.
Survivors include his mother, Jestine V. Russell; his father, Lloyd M. Russell Sr.; two sisters, Kristal Johnson and Aletha Russell, all of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Antonio Kelly of Norfolk and Lloyd M. Russell Jr. of Virginia Beach; paternal grandmother, Gertrude Russell of Virginia Beach; maternal grandfather, Curlee Overton Sr. of Virginia Beach; a brother-in-law, Michael Johnson of Virginia Beach; and many other relatives and friends.
A funeral will be conducted at noon Saturday in Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Norfolk, by Elder Wilmure Burden. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk. Fitchett Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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