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DATE: Thursday, September 28, 1995           TAG: 9509280351
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

LUTHER H. BEAL

Luther Herbert Beal, 81, of the 800 block of Old Butts Station Rd., died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1995.

Mr. Beal was a retired floor sander. He was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church of Chesapeake, and was a native of Chatham County, N.C.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mildred Evelyn Beal; two sons, Clayton Luther Beal of Augusta, Me., and Donald Herbert Beal of Chesapeake; three sisters, Alma Hewitt and Mildred Fentress of Chesapeake, Addie Marsh of Richmond; one brother, Roosevelt Beal of Chesapeake; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, at 2 p.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens with Pastor Frost officiating. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Twiford Colonial Chapel, Great Bridge, Chesapeake.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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