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

DATE: Tuesday, October 17, 1995              TAG: 9510170233
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

LEON SMITH JR.

Leon Smith Jr., 53, of the 700 block of Godwin St., died Oct. 13, 1995, in his residence.

He was a machine operator for Coca Cola Bottling and was a native of Norfolk County, Va.

He is survived by his daughter, Maveen Grant of Fort Sill, Okla.; son, Cornelius Lightfoot of Portsmouth; four sisters, Mary Elliott, Florence Jefferson, Linda Debrough, and Corlis Smith, all of Portsmouth; two brothers, Darryl Smith of Portsmouth and Larry Jackson of Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren; three aunts, two uncles and a host of cousins, relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted noon Thursday in Olive Branch Baptist Church, Portsmouth by the Rev. J.B. Sharpe. Burial is in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Serenity Funeral Home, and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at the church. Family and friends will assemble at 16 Woodland St., Portsmouth, at 11:15 a.m. for the procession to the church.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB