THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 29, 1996 TAG: 9602290229
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
James Roosevelt Dawson, of the 500 block of Waters Road, died Feb. 24, 1996, in a local hospital.
He was retired from the Ford Motor Company and a native of St. Brides, Va. He was a member of Samuel Chapel Holiness Church, Moyock, N.C. He was also a member of the Gospel Nutones and Gospel Quintets of Chesapeake.
He leaves to cherish his memories, his wife, Willie Dawson; seven daughters; five sons; two sisters; six brothers; 30 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; three aunts; and two uncles.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Little Joe Powell Jr. in Samuel Chapel Holiness. Burial is in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family at the residence. Graves Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
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