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DATE: Saturday, July 29, 1995                TAG: 9507290224
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HAMPTON                            LENGTH: Short :   32 lines

STEPHAN R. BEARDEN

Stephan R. Bearden, 13, of Hampton, died Wednesday, July 26, 1995. He was born in Newport News and had been a lifelong resident of Hampton.

Stephan was a student at Syms Middle School, where he was a member of the National Junior Honor Society. He also was the Goodwill Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Virginia and a member of Boy Scout Troop (NU)84.

Stephan is survived by his parents, William and Jo Ann Bearden; his brother, Marcus Otten of Germany; his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Klara Creamer of Hampton; his paternal grandparents, Richard D. and Linda Bearden of Norfolk and Jean C. Bearden of Norfolk; his grandparents, Werner and Margaret Wege of Germany; his aunts and uncles, James and Mary Ann Warren, C.O. and Cathy Balderson, Richard and Eileen Creamer, John and Carolyn Creamer, Mary L. Swing, Carol Ann Kirk, Thomas Creamer, and Thomas Wege; and his beloved dog, Sugar.

A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. today in Parklawn Memorial Park by Pastor L. Douglas Stowe. Services are provided by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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