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DATE: Saturday, March 9, 1996                TAG: 9603090353
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: LINDEN                             LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ELMORE P. GRAINGER JR.

Elmore Proctor Grainger Jr., 74, of Route 2, Box 132, died March 8, 1996. He was a member of Cedar Falls Baptist Church, Fayetteville, N.C.

Survivors include his wife, Sarah Grainger; two sons, Ronald Alison Grainger of Supply, N.C., Alan Proctor Grainger of Linden; a brother, Leverne E. Grainger of Nichols, S.C.; two sisters, Vivian Bearsoff of Whiteville, N.C., Carolyn Soles of Nichols; and four grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 8 p.m. today at Jernigan Warren Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Floyd Benfield. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Spring Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Nichols. A visitation will be today at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cedar Falls Baptist Church Building Fund, 6181 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, or the Spring Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, Nichols.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB