The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Saturday, September 9, 1995            TAG: 9509090246
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

ELBERT J. WILKINS

Elbert Jackson ``Pete'' Wilkins, 89, of the 5200 block of Sweetbriar Circle, died Sept. 6, 1995, in Portsmouth.

Mr. Wilkins, a retired leading man pipefitter from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, was born in Norfolk. He was also retired from Hagwoods Laundry.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Mary Wilkins; one daughter, Beverly W. Moore of Portsmouth; one sister, Eva T. Farlow of California; one granddaughter, Pamela M. Kostinas of Chesapeake; and two great-grandchildren, Robert Jackson Kostinas and Sarah Margaret Kostinas, both of Chesapeake.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. George Mullinax. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB