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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Friday, July 5, 1996                  TAG: 9607050121
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   21 lines

JOHN H. PADGETT IV

John H. Padgett IV, 84, passed away at his home on July 3, 1996.

He was retired from the Tidewater Office Equipment Company and the Pony Express. Mr. Padgett was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Norfolk.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Lettie Delores Tesh Padgett; three daughters, Patricia Ann Booth of Merritt Island, Fla., and Brenda Andrasen and Rita Burow, both of Norfolk. He was the father of the late John L. ``Whitey'' Padgett; 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Smith and Williams, Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. and other times at their residence, Martone Road in Norfolk. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

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