The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, May 8, 1996                 TAG: 9605080360
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

NELLIE P. HEMPEL

Nellie Elizabeth Parks Hempel, 70, of the 700 block of 23rd St., died Monday, May 6, 1996, in Virginia Beach Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.

She is survived by her husband, Herbert Hempel; daughter, Linda Simmons of Garner, N.C.; son, Herbert P. ``Herbie'' Hempel of Parksley; three sisters, Dacia Coleburn, Mary Ann Barton and Ernestine Overfelt; three grandchildren, Parks Hempel, Allyson Hempel and Chris Simmons.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Thornton Funeral Home, Chadbourne St., Parksley, by the Rev. Donald K. Roberts. Interment will be in Parksley Cemetery. There will be a visitation today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

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