The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Monday, May 6, 1996                    TAG: 9605060014
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: LEWISTON-WOODVILLE                 LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

LELA C. WADSWORTH

Lela Craven Wadsworth, 88, of the 400 block of S. Main St., died May 5, 1996, in Roanoke Chowan Hospital.

Mrs. Wadsworth was born in Wilkes County and was a member of First Baptist Church of Lewiston. She was a homemaker and the widow of Van Perry Wadsworth.

Survivors include a daughter, Janet Wadsworth McLawhorn of Chesapeake; three sons, Bennie Wadsworth of Manteo, Alvin Wadsworth of Williamston and Howard Wadsworth of Ahoskie; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, by the Rev. Blake Hayes. Burial will be in Hoggard Memorial Cemetery, Lewiston. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and will assemble there at 1 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made to the Lewiston-Woodville Rescue Squad, Lewiston-Woodville, N.C. 27849.

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