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DATE: Friday, May 5, 1995                    TAG: 9505050525
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
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JOSIE A. BRIDGER

Josie Aline Aswell Bridger, 72, formerly of Corapeake, N.C., a retired supply clerk, died May 3, 1995, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Mrs. Bridger was born in Cypress Chapel, Va., and was the widow of Willie Floyd Bridger. She was a member of Eureka Baptist Church in Corapeake and was retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Survivors include two daughters, Janet L. Fanney of Chesapeake and Edna E. Fleming of Corapeake; a son, George E. Preedy III of Corapeake; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Portsmouth, by the Rev. Barrett Long. Friends may join the family at Hill Funeral Home from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today and other times at the residence. Memorials may be made to Obici Hospital Dialysis Center, P.O. Box 1100, Suffolk, Va. 23439.

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