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

DATE: Tuesday, February 27, 1996             TAG: 9602270242
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: LOUISA                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

SAMMY C. CREEF

Sammy Corbit Creef, 87, of the 200 block of N. Lakeshore Drive, died Feb. 26, 1996.

He was a retired tugboat engineer for Seafarers International Union and a native of East Lake, N.C. He was a member of Chesapeake Baptist Tabernacle, Chesapeake, and was a Chesapeake First Senior Citizen. Mr. Creef was a former resident of Elizabeth City, N.C., Nags Head, N.C., and a long time resident of Chesapeake.

He is survived by his wife, Lucille Fife Creef; daughter, Pamela Robbin Greene of Louisa; son, Sammy Foster Creef of Chesapeake; brother, George Creef of Virginia Beach; and three grandchildren.

A funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel. Burial is in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m.

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