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

DATE: Thursday, May 23, 1996                TAG: 9605230319
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HERTFORD                          LENGTH:   21 lines

ARTEMESIA T. WHITE

Artemesia Towe White, 91, of Route 1, died Wednesday morning, May 22, 1996, in her home.

A native of Perquimans County she was the daughter of the late Joseph Henry Towe and Mary Davis Towe. She was the widow of Jacob Lycurgus White Sr. and a member of Hertford United Methodist Church and its Della Shamburger Circle.

Supervisors include two daughters, Mary Pasco Overton of Edenton and Peggy W. Dudley of Hertford; five sons, Jake L. White Jr. and Joe Towe White Sr., both of Hertford, Charles E. White of Suffolk, Frank E. White of Chesapeake; and J. Ralph White of Hampton; two sisters, Margaret Eason of Hampton and Mary Edwards of Hertford; 16 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Swindell Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Jon Strother. Burial will follow in Cedar Wood Cemetery. Swindell Funeral Home is in charge.

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