The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Wednesday, December 13, 1995           TAG: 9512130342
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

EDWOOD H. HOLLIS

Edwood Hilton Hollis, 81, of the 3400 block of West Bonner Drive, died Dec. 11, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

Mr. Hollis, the retired owner of Russ and Hollis Auto Service, was a native of Robersonville, N.C. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Eva Cherry Hollis; a daughter, Betty H. Ayers of Chesapeake; a son, Irvin H. Hollis of Chesapeake; four grandchildren, Jeanette Johnson of Virginia Beach, Jim Ayers Jr. and Wayne Ayers both of Chesapeake, Kim Hollis; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Staton Hollis.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by the Rev. John Mason. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to American Kidney Foundation.

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