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DATE: Wednesday, August 28, 1996            TAG: 9608280378
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
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JAMES L. WHITEHURST SR.

James Leslie Whitehurst Sr., 81, of 45 Royal St., died Aug. 24, 1996, in Maryview Medical Center.

Mr. Whitehurst retired from Naval Air Station, Norfolk, after 33 years service.

Survivors include three daughters, Rose Ann Miller, Phyllis V. Honor, Betty Temple; four sons, James L. Jr., Eugene, Marvin and Michael Whitehurst; a sister-in-law, Florelle Whitehurst; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB