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DATE: Saturday, April 15, 1995               TAG: 9504150271
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HENRICO                            LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

CHRISTENE T. JOHNSON

Christene Taylor Johnson, 72, of the first block of Lake Circle in Henrico, N.C., and formerly a resident of Portsmouth, Va., died April 14, 1995, in Portsmouth.

Mrs. Johnson was a native of Nansemond County, Va. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Gasburg, Va., and a member and past matron of Miriam Chapter (NU)94, Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include her husband, W. Nelson Johnson Sr.; two sons, Kenneth Earl Johnson of Portsmouth and Walter ``Buddy'' Johnson of Galena, Alaska; three sisters, Mary Taylor Lawson and Ann Taylor Chappell, both of Suffolk, and Virginia Dare Taylor Hudson of Hampton; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Greg Hand. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home, where an Eastern Star service will be held at 7 p.m. The family will also be at 308 Thelmar Lane, Portsmouth, at other times. Memorial donations may be made to ESTARL, c/o Miriam Chapter (NU)94, O.E.S., 2939 Sterling Point Drive, Portsmouth, Va. 23703.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB