THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, July 3, 1996 TAG: 9607030422
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
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Josephine Brown, 84, of the 400 block of Spruce St., died July 1, 1996, in Obici Hospital.
A native of Nansemond County, she was retired from Planters Peanuts after 37 years of service. She was a former member of First Baptist Church Orlando, Suffolk, and was predeceased by her husband, James Brown and her parents, Joseph and Lillie Jones Whitaker.
She is survived by a sister, Lillie Wilson of Smithfield; a brother-in-law, Herbert Wilson of Smithfield; a brother, Curtis Whitaker of Baltimore, Md.; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A funeral will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday in Little Mt. Zion Baptist Church by the Rev. Michael Newby. Burial will be in Carver Memorial Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 12:30 p.m. Friday. The family will be at the home of her niece, Mrs. Dollie Mae Reid, 2501 Godwin Blvd., Suffolk.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB