The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, May 2, 1996                  TAG: 9605020389
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
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BESSIE C. BLOUNT

Bessie Council Blount, 63, of the 2200 block of Alabama Ave., died April 27, 1996. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Rising St. James Holiness Church. Crocker Funeral Home in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB