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DATE: Tuesday, November 28, 1995             TAG: 9511280227
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: AULANDER                           LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

RUTH L. BUTCHER

Ruth Lassiter Butcher, 90, of the 100 block of West Elm St., died Nov. 26, 1995, in Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Butcher, the widow of H.S. Butcher, was a retired registered nurse. She was a member of Aulander Baptist Church and a native of Bertie County, N.C.

Survivors include two nieces, Beth Bowman of Aulander, Louise Hoggard of Lewiston Woodville, N.C.; one great-nephew, Lee L. Bowman of Aulander; one great-niece, Donna Eways of Rocky Mount, N.C.; one great-great-nephew, Kamal Eways of Rocky Mount. She was preceded in death by a brother, Lee O. ``Red'' Lassiter.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Minton Family Cemetery by the Rev. J.N. Baggett. The family will receive friends at Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, N.C., from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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