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DATE: Monday, December 18, 1995              TAG: 9512180012
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

LINWOOD G. STALLINGS SR.

Linwood Gordon Stallings Sr., 76, of the 4600 block of Wake Forest Road, died Dec. 16, 1995, in his residence.

Mr. Stallings retired as a shop planner for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 21 years and was a former owner and operator of Portsmouth Heating & Airconditioning. He was a member of Jackson Memorial Baptist Church; America Fellowship Masonic Lodge (NU)148; past patron of Fellowship Chapter (NU)140 OES and present associate patron. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and member of American Legion Post (NU)37.

Survivors include his wife, Ora Lee Stallings; a daughter, Faye S. Baggett of Chesapeake; a son, Linwood G. Stallings Jr. of Portsmouth; a sister, Audrey S. Venable of Chesapeake; three brothers, Gerald S. Stallings and Vernon H. Stallings, both of Portsmouth, and E. Warren Stallings of Bracey, Va.; and two grandsons, Aaron L. Stallings and Kevin V. Baggett.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Loving Funeral Home, Churchland, by Dr. Albert A. Peverall Jr. Burial with Masonic rites will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. An Eastern Star service will be at 7 p.m. tonight in the funeral home with visitation to follow.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB