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DATE: Sunday, October 8, 1995                TAG: 9510080008
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

MICHELLE L. MEEKINS

Michelle Leigh Meekins, 20, of 115 Mimosa Road, died Friday, Oct. 6, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

She was a native of Portsmouth and worked at Advance Auto Parts as a delivery driver. She attended Western Branch Community Church.

She is survived by her father, Marvin Lee Meekins Jr. of Portsmouth, and her stepmother, Mary Lee Meekins of Portsmouth; maternal grandfather, Julian Whiteman of Texas; paternal grandparents, Marvin L. and Sadie Meekins of Chesapeake; stepsister, Kimberly Everitte of Chesapeake; brother, Steven Lee Meekins of Anchorage, Alaska; and stepbrother, Darren Clark of Virginia Beach.

A graveside service will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Jim Wall. The family will be at 115 Mimosa Road this afternoon. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB