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

DATE: Tuesday, July 25, 1995                 TAG: 9507250228
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ESSIE W. RIDDICK

Essie W. Riddick, 80, of the 1600 block of Lyontine Lane, died July 21, 1995.

She was a widow of Preston Riddick and was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church. She was a former usher.

She is survived by a step-daughter, Helen Florine Lagford; one brother, Jerry L. Johnson; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Olive Branch Baptist Church by the Rev. J.B. Sharpe. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family and friends will assemble at the residence. Fisher Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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