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

DATE: Saturday, May 18, 1996                 TAG: 9605180243
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ALBERT F. HELMS SR.

Albert F. Helms Sr., 72, of the 4500 block of Bankhead Ave., died May 17, 1996, in a local hospital.

He retired as a fire fighter from the city of Norfolk after 37 years of service. He was a native of Norfolk and a Navy veteran of World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie V. Helms; two daughters, Murial Hancock of Norfolk, Bonnell Langhorne of Elizabeth City, N.C.; two sons, Albert F. Helms Jr. of Virginia Beach, John E. Wisner III of Grovetown, Ga.; sister, Bonnell Evanson of Fairmont, Minn.; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in the funeral home Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.

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