The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 5, 1996               TAG: 9602050019
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

GLEASON R. WIDENER JR.

Gleason Ralph Widener Jr., 39, of the 2500 block of Joshua Lane, died Feb. 3, 1996.

Mr. Widener was born in Portsmouth and was a Baptist. He was a heavy equipment operator with Whit Williams Inc.

Survivors include his wife, Diane M. Widener; two sons, Gleason R. Widener III and Kevin J. Widener, both of Suffolk; his mother and stepfather, Peggy Ann Moser and Robert L. Moser of Chesapeake; his father and stepmother, Gleason R. Widener Sr. and Ruby S. Widener of Florida; two sisters, Debra L. Blount and Tammy D. Broadbent; two stepsisters, Gail Parr and Susie Murden; grandmother, Emma M. Lewis of Chesapeake; a brother, James B. Widener of Chesapeake; and a stepbrother, Randall Smith of Florida.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hill Funeral Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. David Jendrey. Burial will be in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and at other times at the home of Miles and Barbara Carr, 2512 Joshua Lane.

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