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

DATE: Saturday, August 12, 1995              TAG: 9508120009
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

LLOYD E. VEST

Lloyd E. Vest, 78, of the 8000 block of Lynnbrook Drive, a retired yardmaster, died Aug. 10, 1995 in a Norfolk hospital.

Mr. Vest was born in Chahroy, W.Va. He retired from Norfolk & Portsmouth Beltline Railroad after 38 years and was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Roberta R. Vest; two daughters, Alicia and her husband Kermit Spivey of Norfolk, and Ann Collins of Chesapeake; two sons, Lloyd R. and his wife Nancy Vest of Norfolk and Robert E. and his wife Marrianne Vest of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Joy Kitchen of Garden City, Mich., and Sylvia Harbour of Gilbraltar, Mich.; a brother, Emerson Vest of Huntington, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk chapel, by the Rev. Keith Martin. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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