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DATE: Wednesday, July 3, 1996               TAG: 9607030453
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BESSIE A. DOUGLAS

Bessie A. Douglas

NORFOLK - Bessie Anderson Douglas, 94, of the 8500 block of Chesapeake Blvd., died June 30, 1996, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Douglas was born in Wilmington, N.C., and was the widow of Emmett P. Douglas. She was a retired bookkeeper for Stringfellow Electric Co. of Newport News. She was a member of Ocean View Assembly of God.

Survivors include a niece, Nina Colbert of Norfolk; two great-nephews and a great-niece. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clifton R. Anderson Jr. and her parents, Clifton and Ann Anderson.

A graveside service will be conducted today at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Jack Miller in Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Bedford County, Va. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, is in charge. Memorials may be made to the Ocean View Assembly of God Church.

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