THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, July 9, 1996 TAG: 9607090184
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: 20 lines
Howard E. ``Shorty'' Stephens, 86, of Brent Crescent, died July 8, 1996, in Portsmouth.
Mr. Stephens was born in Halifax County, Va., and was the widower of Mary Agnes Stephens. He was retired from Richard's Foundry.
Survivors include two daughters and their husbands, Patricia and Don Swears of Portsmouth and Sybil and Louis Tillman of Hampton; two sons and their wives, William Howard and Karen Stephens of Virginia Beach and Ronald David and Ann Stephens of Chesapeake; 12 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Tom Potter in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. and at the residence at all other times.
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