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DATE: Tuesday, September 3, 1996            TAG: 9609030016
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

EDITH H. SHOPE

Edith Hunter ``Lucille'' Shope, 73, of the 4500 block of Leeward Drive, followed her angel to heaven on Sept. 2, 1996.

Born in Sanford, N.C., she was a member of Alexander Baptist Church, Portsmouth. She was a loving wife, homemaker and wonderful mother.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Wiley ``Roger'' Shope Sr.; a son and his wife, Roger and Barbara Shope of Denver; a daughter and her husband, Theresa and Crit Caudill of Chesapeake; and three grandsons.

Services are pending for 2 p.m. Thursday in Alexander Baptist Church by Dr. Roscoe Musselwhite and the Rev. John Burr, with burial in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Loving Funeral Home, Churchland. Memorial contributions may be made to Alexander Baptist Church.

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