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

DATE: Friday, August 2, 1996                TAG: 9608020408
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JOSEPHINE A. BROWN

Josephine A. Brown, 84, died July 31, 1996.

A native of Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ella Grubbs Almond and the widow of Raymond O. Brown. Mrs. Brown was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Raymond Brown of Chesapeake; two grandchildren, Michael D. Brown and Robert J. Brown; a great-granddaughter, Mandi D. Brown; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Snyder and Mrs. Bertha Law, both of Lynchburg; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in Holly Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. Charles W. Thompson and the Rev. Allen Dooley. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home today. Memorial donations may be made to the Nansemond Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk, Va. 23439.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB