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DATE: Friday, May 19, 1995                   TAG: 9505190468
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

JOHN E. ALEXANDER SR.

John E. ``Bud'' Alexander Sr., 60, formerly of the Brighton section of Portsmouth, a retired self-employed cement finisher, died May 17, 1995.

Mr. Alexander was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, Pughsville.

Survivors include a devoted friend, Beatrice Tyler; two daughters, Ellen Griffin and Diantha Lolita Dedmon; a son, John Edward Alexander Jr.; four sisters, Mary Mills, Beatrice Huddleston, Richetta Knight and Clara Hurdle; a brother, Richard Royal Jr.; two grandchildren; one uncle, Preston Nickens; and an aunt, Diantha Williford.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in New Hope Baptist Church, Pughsville, by the Rev. William E. Russell. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Fisher Funeral Home is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB