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

DATE: Tuesday, August 13, 1996              TAG: 9608130253
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

LERONIA P. ANDERSON

Leronia Parham Anderson, 96, of the 1100 block of Horne Ave., died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996, peacefully in Maryview Medical Center.

A native of Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Emmitt and Ellen Porter-Parham and she was the widow of Percy Anderson.

Survivors include three daughters, Ellen Brown of Philadelphia, Pa., Ethel R. Puryear, Leronia Coley, both of Portsmouth; a brother, Earl Parham; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a great-great-grandchild and a great-great-great-grandchild.

A funeral will be held at noon Thursday in Riddick Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Viewing will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

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