The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Wednesday, December 6, 1995            TAG: 9512060372
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

SADYE H. GRISSOM

Sadye Hatcher Grissom, 97, formerly of Suffolk, died Dec. 3, 1995, in Kissimmee, Fla.

She was a retired public health nurse for the Suffolk Health Department where she worked 13 years. She was a native of Cumberland County, N.C., and the widow of the Rev. Raymond Thomas Grissom. She was a member of Holy Neck United Church of Christ, Suffolk.

She is survived by a daughter, Doris Grissom Askin of Alexandria, Va.; son, Robert Thomas Grissom of Atlanta; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Margaret Nixon and William Hatcher.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Wayne A. Gardner in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. and suggest that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Grissom Memorial Fund, Holy Neck United Church of Christ, Pineview Road, Suffolk, 23437.

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