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DATE: Thursday, March 7, 1996                TAG: 9603070386
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
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EARL D. BEAVERS

Earl Dowd Beavers, 80, of the 3200 block of Taylor Road, died March 6, 1996, in his residence.

Mr. Beavers, a native of Durham, N.C., was retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a electrician and retired from Tidewater Community College as an electrical foreman.

Survivors include his wife, Geneva S. Beavers; a daughter, Felcie B. Cowart of Chesapeake; a brother, James A. Beavers of Dodge City, Kan.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Elisha E. Jones. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB