THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996 TAG: 9602240278
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Billy Gene Garrison, 63, died Feb. 22, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.
Mr. Garrison, a retired chief petty officer, worked for the U.S. Navy for 30 years. He was a native of Lynch, Ky., and a Naval veteran of Korea and Vietnam. He was a former member of Fleet Reserve Association and American Legion Post (NU)288 in Camden, N.C.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Lee Garrison; a daughter, Stephanie Garrison of Virginia Beach; a son, Billy G. Garrison Jr. of Virginia Beach; a sister, Jewell Hill of Virginia Beach.
A memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m. today by the Rev. Ernest L. Trueblood at Parkway Temple, 601 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake. Burial will be at sea by the Navy as a later date. The family has requested no flowers but memorial donations may be made in memory of Billy Gene Garrison to Davis Corner Rescue Squad or to the American Heart Association. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, is in charge.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB