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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, December 27, 1995           TAG: 9512270051
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUTH T. CRAWFORD

Ruth Thompson Crawford, 80, of 1349 Carolyn Drive, Linlier, died Monday, Dec. 25, 1995, in Hillhaven Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of Virginia Beach.

She was a native of Morrow, Ohio, and was the loving wife of the late William C. Crawford. She was a Methodist.

Mrs. Crawford is survived by one daughter, Joyce Ansell; one granddaughter, Elizabeth A. Owen; and one great-grandson, Bryan Leigh Owen, all of Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Crawford was forwarded from Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Avenue Chapel to Tufts-Schildmeyer Funeral Home in Loveland, Ohio. A graveside service will be conducted Friday, Dec. 29, 1995, at 2 p.m. in Union Cemetery, in Loveland.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB