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

DATE: Thursday, September 14, 1995           TAG: 9509140307
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

MYRTLE E. SHELBY

Myrtle Estelle Eavey Shelby, 87, died Sept. 13, 1995.

She was a native of Brunswick County, Va., and was the widow of James L. Shelby. She was a retired licensed practical nurse. Mrs. Shelby was a Baptist.

She is survived by two daughters, Mary E. Lilley of Portsmouth, Alice E. Moscoffian of Chesapeake; three sons, Gerald E. Eavey of Portsmouth, George H. Eavey of Eau Claire, Wis., and Larry S. Eavey of Richmond, Va.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and at other times at 5025 Greenbrook Drive, Portsmouth.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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