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DATE: Sunday, December 31, 1995              TAG: 9512310019
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

DELLA M. DUNNAVANT

Mrs. Della M. Dunnavant, 80, of the 3600 block of South St., died Dec. 29, 1995, in her residence.

She was a native of Weeksville, N.C., and a member of Port Norfolk Baptist Church, where she was a former Sunday school teacher. In earlier years she was president of the Westhaven PTA.

She is survived by her husband, Aubrey C. Dunnavant; daughter, Ann D. Orenduff of Chesapeake; son, William ``Rusty'' Dunnavant of Wake Forest, N.C.; sister, Elizabeth Naujoks Hartsell of Norfolk; two brothers, J.E. Lister of Norfolk and I.J. Lister of Chesapeake; five grandchildren, Timothy and Chad Dunnavant, Audrey Hatchell, Michael and Jason Orenduff; and two great-grandchildren, Mason Hatchell and Christian Dunnavant.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Dr. Ector L. Hamrick in Snellings Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel. Burial is in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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