The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, November 5, 1995               TAG: 9511050051
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: EAST LAKE                          LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

JOSEPH N. SPRUILL

Joseph Nathaniel Spruill, 87, died Nov. 3, 1995, at his residence.

Mr. Spruill was born in Columbia, N.C., was a retired North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Engineer and was a member of the East Lake Holiness Church. He was the son of the late James Harvey and the late Minnie Mae Swain Spruill and the husband of Minnie Taft Spruill.

Mr. Spruill is survived by two brothers, Foster C. Spruill of Virginia Beach and Charlie A. Spruill of Kitty Hawk; one son, Thomas R. Spruill of Columbia, N.C.; four daughters, Violet S. Cahoon and Dianne S. Ambrose, both of East Lake, Alma S. Basnight of Manteo and Marian S. Anderson of Virginia Beach; 18 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m Monday in the East Lake Holiness Church by the Rev. Calvin Twiddy. Burial will follow at the East Lake Methodist Church Cemetery. Twiford's Colony Chapel, Manteo, is in charge of the arrangements. The body will be placed in the church today at 4 p.m. with a visitation starting at 7 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB