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DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996            TAG: 9602240271
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

CYNTHIA J. LUCAS

Cynthia J. Lucas, 88, formerly of Portsmouth, died Feb. 21, 1996, in Lehigh Acres, Fla.

Mrs. Lucas, the widow of Jewell Chapman Lucas, was retired from Portsmouth General Hospital. She was a native of Washington County, Va., and a member of Biltmore Baptist Church.

Survivors include two grandchildren, Catherine Hetherington and Lawrence Lucas Jr. of Norfolk; five great-grandchildren; a niece, Carolyn Kennedy, LaBelle, Fla. She was predeceased by a son, Lawrence Lucas.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. T.M. Frye. Snellings Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB