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

DATE: Thursday, September 28, 1995           TAG: 9509280329
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

ROSETTA EARL

Rosetta Earl, of the 2500 block of Tidewater Drive, died Sept. 25, 1995, in a local hospital.

She was retired and was a native of Norfolk. Mrs. Earl was a member of Bethany Baptist Church where she was a Deaconess.

Mrs. Earl is survived by her husband, Harve Earl; four daughters, Kim Williams of Norfolk, Charlene Wilson of Albany, N.Y., Sandra Carter and Robnett McCullan, both of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Christopher Earl of Norfolk, and Leroy Riddick of Kappa, Hawaii; three sisters, Leola Dyson of Norfolk, Grace Shephard of Richmond, and Robnett Johnson of Benicia, Calif.; one brother, Everett Payton of Norfolk; eleven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one godchild, Brittany Ford of Norfolk.

A funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday by the Rev. Jake Manley in Bethany Baptist Church. Burial is in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The remains will be placed in church 9:30 a.m. Saturday. There will be a wake service on Friday from 6 until 7 p.m. Friends may join the family at the residence. Graves Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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