The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, December 19, 1995             TAG: 9512190223
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B10  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO  LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

IRA G. PEARSON SR.

Ira G. ``Pete'' Pearson Sr., a longtime resident of Portsmouth, passed away Nov. 19, 1995, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, at the age of 69.

He is survived by his wife, Ann; three children, all of California (Pete, Doris and Lennie); six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother and one sister, both formerly of Portsmouth.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB