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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, November 25, 1995            TAG: 9511250214
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: OPA LOCKA, FLA.                    LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUTH L. FINCH

Ruth Louise Finch, 82, of 15830 N.W. 27th Court, died Nov. 21, 1995, in her residence.

She was the widow of Leon B. Finch and she was a Baptist. Mrs. Finch was a native of Hampton and a former resident of Portsmouth.

She is survived by a daughter, Jean E. Faille of Norcross, Ga.; four sons, Leon B. Finch Jr. of Miramar, Fla., and James Finch, Richard Finch and Robert Finch, all of Opa Locka; brother, James Lewis Williams of Chesapeake; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Loving Funeral Home. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. There will be a visitation in the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB