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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, May 18, 1995                 TAG: 9505180638
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: ROPER                              LENGTH: Short :   36 lines

HARLIN D. PATRICK

Harlin D. ``Sam'' Patrick, 59, of the 1300 block of Pea Ridge Road, died May 16, 1995, in Elizabeth City.

A native of Washington County, born Feb. 4, 1936, Mr. Patrick was the son of the late Harold W. Patrick and Mrs. Ola Chesson Patrick of the Pea Ridge Community, who survives. He was a charter member of the Mid-County Volunteer Fire Department, the Mid-County Ruritan Club, and had served as a deputy sheriff for both Washington and Tyrrell counties as well as being a local farmer.

Surviving besides his mother are one son, Jeff Collins of Roper; four daughters, Shelli Marslender of Raleigh, Tracey Phillips of Edenton, Kimberly and Samantha Patrick, both of Roper; three sisters, Rebecca Mautz of Chesapeake, Kaye Davenport of Suffolk and Lois Krawczyk of Roper; a stepson, Robert Armstrong of Roanoke Rapids; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at the Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church, of which he was a member, with the Rev. Bill Gaylord assisted by Mr. Mark Woolard officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Horner-Walker Funeral Home, from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 3109 Poplarwood Drive, Suite 125, Raleigh, N.C. 27604-1043 , or to the National Kidney Foundation, 5970 Fairview Road, Suite 408, Charlotte, N.C. 28210.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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