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

DATE: Thursday, July 25, 1996               TAG: 9607250326
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   21 lines

NED H. SPRUILL

Ned Hardison Spruill, 87, of the 1600 block of New York Ave., died July 24, 1996, in Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Born in Columbia, N.C., he was a self-employed carpenter and retired in 1981 after 60 years.

He is survived by his wife, Eva Berry Spruill of Virginia Beach; daughter, Allie Hughes of Virginia Beach; three sons, Jack Spruill, David Spruill, both of Virginia Beach, Wade Spruill of El Paso, Texas; two sisters, Lucy Simmons of Columbia, N.C., and Annie Davenport of Macky, N.C.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Jerry Hannah in Princess Anne Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. Friends may join the family at Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Ave. Chapel, on Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. and at any other time the family will be 236 Gatewood Park, Virginia Beach.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB