The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Monday, May 27, 1996                  TAG: 9605270001
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: EMPORIA                           LENGTH:   19 lines

WADE A. LIFSEY

Wade Atkinson Lifsey, 59, died May 26, 1996.

Mr. Lifsey was a member of Zion Baptist Church and was a supervisor with Parker Oil Co.

Survivors include his wife, Doris Ann Lifsey; a daughter, Pamela Jo Clarke of Emporia; a son, Scott Adams Lifsey of Emporia; two sisters, Dorothea L. Webb of Emporia and June L. Sapp of Chesapeake; two brothers, John D. Lifsey of Virginia Beach and Emmett W. Lifsey of Chase City, Va.; and two grandchildren, Allen Wade Lifsey and Emma Jo Clarke.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Echols Funeral Home. Burial will be in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

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