The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Friday, August 9, 1996                TAG: 9608090432
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   21 lines

FLORINE H. HAND

Florine H. Hand, 85, of the 100 block of E. Gilpin Ave., died Aug. 8, 1996, in a local hospital.

A native of Chalybeate Springs, N.C., she was a member of Ocean View Baptist Church for over 50 years.

Survivors include her husband, Floyd A. Hand; three daughters, Frances Wynns of El Cajon, Calif., Peggy Beadnell of Rochester, Ky., Carolyn Mitchell of Virginia Beach; three sons, Charles May, Pete Hand, both of Virginia Beach and a special son, Chuckie May of Portsmouth; a brother, William Halford Hamilton of Raleigh, N.C.; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by Dr. David Clay. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Family will be at the funeral from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB