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DATE: Friday, January 26, 1996               TAG: 9601260487
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MERLENE P. PERRY

Merlene Peele Perry, 94, died Jan. 23, 1996. A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Jerusalem Baptist Church. Gordon Funeral Home in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB