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

DATE: Saturday, May 25, 1996                TAG: 9605250478
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NEWSOMS                           LENGTH:   23 lines

CLEON G. FRANCIS

Mrs. Cleon Glover Francis, 77, died Friday, May 24, 1996, at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin.

She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church. She served as a member of the Southampton Memorial Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary for over 30 years. Her husband was the late Lona J. Francis.

Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Beaton of Edenton; two sons, Kenneth Francis of Franklin and Roger Francis of Newsoms; a sister, Ethel Marie Dunlow of Franklin; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held in Newsoms Baptist Church on Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Kenneth Williams. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins Chapel, today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the residence of Roger Francis, 21524 Cross Keys Road, Newsoms. Memorial donations may be made to Newsoms Baptist Church, the Southampton Memorial Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary, or to the Boykins Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad.

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