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DATE: Thursday, May 2, 1996                  TAG: 9605020374
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

CATHERINE M. MACPHERSON

Catherine Miller MacPherson, 87, of the 3700 block of Western Branch Blvd., died April 30, 1996, in her home.

Mrs. MacPherson, a longtime resident of Portsmouth, was retired from the Portsmouth Naval Hospital as a medical personnel records specialist. She was a member of Court Street Baptist Church and was the widow of Walter Reeve MacPherson.

Survivors include a daughter, Evangeline Sacks of LaCosta, Calif.; two sons, John L. MacPherson of San Antonio, Texas, and Mercer R. MacPherson of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Genevieve Guinn of Huntington, W.Va.; and a brother Walter ``Pat'' Miller of Charleston, W.Va. She was preceded in death by a grandson, John D. MacPherson.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Court Street Baptist Church.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB