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DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 1996           TAG: 9602210373
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MARGARET H. LATHROP

Margaret Harris Lathrop, 70, of the 1300 block of Winchester Ave., daughter of the late Paul Denzel Harris Sr. and Grace Cotton Harris, died Feb. 18, 1996.

She was a homemaker and native of Norfolk. She was Episcopal.

Survivors include two daughters, Diane Worley of Hertford, N.C., and Patricia Worley of Chesapeake; a son, Bruce Lathrop of Alabama; a sister, Mary Williams of Norfolk; two granddaughters, Rebecca White of Hertford and Shannon Hall of Alabama; three grandsons, Wayne Worley Jr. and Jason Worley, both of Hertford, and Justin Hall of Alabama; and various other family members. She was preceded in death by her brother, Paul Harris Jr.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens by TH.D. William Gregory. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today. Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, is in charge.

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