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

DATE: Wednesday, June 5, 1996               TAG: 9606050336
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                        LENGTH:   19 lines

CHRISTIE H. BAILEY

Christie Belle Heal Bailey, 71, formerly of Mt. Hermon Village, Portsmouth, died June 4, 1996.

A native of Tarpon Springs, Fla., she retired from Home Health Care as a companion aide. She attended Portsmouth First Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Linda Tatum of Chandler, Ariz.; a son, Todd Tiddwell of Smithfield; two grandchildren, Amy and Lori Tatum. She was predeceased by her parents.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Nelson Fields. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB