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

DATE: Thursday, March 28, 1996               TAG: 9603280295
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DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

RUSSELL HILL

Russell Hill, 59, died March 25, 1996.

He was a native of Chocowinity, N.C., and the son of the late Maebell Edwards Cooper.

He is survived by one sister, Jean Smith, and her husband, Don of Bergenfield, N.J.; brother, William H. Cooper Jr., and his wife, Regina of Madison, Ala.; and four nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Wayne Blythe. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB