THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, March 4, 1996 TAG: 9603040010
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: WINTER HAVEN, FLA. LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Russell H. Jernigan, 79, of Winter Haven and formerly of Virginia Beach, died Saturday, March 2, 1996, in Winter Haven Hospital.
Mr. Jernigan was retired from civil service as a master mechanic after 30 years. He was a member of Ruth Masonic Lodge (NU)89, Scottish Rite Bodies, Khedive Temple. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Doris C. Jernigan.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Gunderson Jernigan; two daughters, Patricia J. Shepard of Virginia Beach and Cindy J. Fletcher of Chesapeake; a sister, Mildred E. Sadler, and a brother, C.W. Jernigan, both of Virginia Beach; four granddaughters, Sharon K. Mathews of Virginia Beach, and Marley, Torey and Kalley Fletcher, all of Chesapeake; one grandson, Cody Fletcher of Chesapeake; and one great-grandson, Zachary Park.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Masonic rites will be accorded at the graveside.
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