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DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996             TAG: 9601110267
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

JOSEPH V. BRIGHT

Joseph V. Bright, 68, of 100 block of Webster Ave., died Jan. 7, 1996.

He was retired from the Portsmouth Naval Regional Medical Center after 42 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard.

He is survived by his wife, Edna Bright; three daughers, Joan Bright, Valaidya Dunn, Rozelynd Bright; three sons, Carl Bright, Michael Brignt, and Zachary Bright; two sisters, Lillian Scott and Dorothy Hinton; 22 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Paricia Coker-Bell in Zion Baptist Church. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. The body will be placed in church at 1:30 p.m. Fisher Funeral Home is in charge. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB