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DATE: Friday, February 23, 1996              TAG: 9602230415
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

ELIJAH BROWN JR.

Elijah Brown Jr., 83, of the 800 block of A Ave., died Feb. 21, 1996, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

He was born in Bennettsville, S.C., to Elijah and Anna Brown.

He is survived by a daughter, Ozella Ruffin of Norfolk; son, Eddie Turner of Pendleton, N.C.; sister, Helen Brown of Rocky Mount, N.C.; five grandchildren, Rudolph Ruffin Jr., Tony Ruffin, Mary Ann Ruffin, Brian Ruffin of Norfolk, and Michael Ruffin of Rochester, N.Y.; five great-grandchildren; and son-in-law, Rudolph Ruffin.

A graveside service will be conducted at noon Saturday by the Rev. Anthony Moses in Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery. Graves Funeral Home in charge.

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