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DATE: Saturday, August 17, 1996             TAG: 9608170196
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   23 lines

ERMA L. GRIER

Erma Lee Grier, 70, of the 900 block of Craig St., died Aug. 15, 1996.

She was a member of St. Thomas AMEZ Church, Norfolk, as a member of stewardess and deaconess board, choir (NU)2, choir union (NU)4, and as a lifetime member of the Woman's Home and Overseas Missionary Society.

Survivors include her husband, John W. Grier; three daughters, Erma Staton of Chesapeake, Constance Overton of Virginia Beach and Susie Grier of Norfolk; a son, Byron Grier of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren, Teresa Staton of Portsmouth, Andre Staton of Virginia Beach, Monica Overton-Robinson of Virginia Beach, Mia Overton of Virginia Beach, Shauna Grier and Ryan Grier, both of Chesapeake, Marcus Sumpter of Virginia Beach; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, the late Benjamin and Susie Fuller.

A funeral will be held at noon Monday in St. Thomas AMEZ Church, Norfolk, by the Rev. G.L. Scott. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Pretlow and Sons' Funeral Home, Chesapeake, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB