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DATE: Friday, July 14, 1995                  TAG: 9507140390
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

GERTRUDE HARRIS

Gertrude ``Gertie'' Harris, 73, of the 8700 block of Meadowbrook Lane, died July 13, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

Mrs. Harris was born in Burlington, N.C., and was retired from both the VA Transit, and Summit Sales. She was a member of Ocean View Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband, Edmond W. Harris Jr.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia M. and George Hewitt Jr. of Norfolk and Sandra H. and Arthur Urbanyi of Chesapeake; three sisters, Georgia Sharpe and Dorothy Gentry, both of North Carolina, and Mildred Zimmerman of Florida; two brothers, Lewis Kernodle and Clarence Kernodle, both of North Carolina; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Monday by Dr. James Carriker in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Ocean View Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, 9200 Tidewater Dr., Norfolk, Va. 23503.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB