The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 21, 1995                   TAG: 9505210017
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

ANNE W. HAMBLIN

Anne Wiersdorf Hamblin, 69, of Greenbrier Road, a retired medical supply supervisor, died May 20, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Hamblin was born in Tampa, Fla. She retired from Portsmouth Naval Hospital and was a member of Westhaven Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Willie C. Hamblin; a daughter, Beth Butler Gilliam of Athens, Ga.; a daughter-in-law, Mary H. Froehlich of Portsmouth; a son, William E. Froehlich of Portsmouth; a stepson, Charles F. Butler of Poquoson, Va.; a son-in-law, John Thomas Gilliam of Athens, Ga.; a sister, Margaret Westbrook of Portsmouth; a brother-in-law, William B. Westbrook of Portsmouth; a niece and her husband, Kendall and Carl Rhodes; grandchildren, Lt. Eric H. Froehlich U.S.A.F. of San Antonio, Texas, Julie F. Ray of Knoxville, Tenn., William Ross Froehlich, Emily E. Froehlich and Adam P. Froehlich, all of Portsmouth, and John Thomas Gilliam, Charles Edward Gilliam and Joseph William Gilliam, all of Athens, Ga.; several stepchildren and stepgrandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and other times at 3 North Drive, Portsmouth. Memorial donations may be sent to the American Cancer Society.

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