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

DATE: Tuesday, February 27, 1996             TAG: 9602270258
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FRANK P. CROWELL

Frank P. Crowell, 87, of the 200 block of Meadow Wood Drive, died Feb. 25, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

He was born in Manchester, N.H., and was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Watkins Crowell. He was a retired employee of VEPCO where he worked for for 45 years and was a member of the Churchland Lions Club. He was a 33rd degree Mason and was a 50-year member of Tuckahoe Masonic Lodge (NU)347.

He is survived by his son, Cary Mason Crowell and his wife Doris of Colorado Spring, Colo.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. by the Rev. Ralph W. Bayfield in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond. Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, is in charge. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.

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