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DATE: Monday, April 24, 1995                 TAG: 9504240007
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

CATHERINE W. BASNIGHT

Catherine White Basnight, 69, of 1207 Baltic Ave., died Saturday, April 22, 1995, in Virginia Beach General Hospital. A native of Elizabeth City, N.C., she had lived in Virginia Beach for the past 59 years. She was the beloved wife of the late Truxton Basnight. She was a Baptist.

She is survived by three daughters, Rena Marie Harris of Richmond, Va., Carolyn Faye Harris of Norfolk and Rado A. Labonte of Virginia Beach; one sister, Kay F. Ives of Virginia Beach; one brother, Leslie White of Lynn, Mass.; and two grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted Tuesday, April 25, 1995, at 2 p.m. in Rosewood Memorial Park by the Rev. Richard J. Yates. The family will be in the Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Avenue Chapel, tonight from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. to receive friends, and other times will be at 610 Maryland Ave., Virginia Beach. Memorial donations may be made to the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Building Fund, P.O. Box 945, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451.

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