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

DATE: Sunday, September 29, 1996            TAG: 9609290018
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   24 lines

NELLIE W. MAHONEY

Nellie Wickings Mahoney, 88, formerly of Norfolk, died Sept. 26, 1996, in Chesapeake.

Born in the Oceana area of Virginia Beach, she was the widow of Albert L. Williams and George Mahoney. She retired from the Comptroller Department of Naval Air Station after 33 years of service. She was a lifelong member of Colonial Avenue United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Jean S. Bowen of Portsmouth; a son, Robert Mahoney of Chesapeake; a sister, Ernestine McCoy of Norfolk; four grandchildren, Claudia Jean Bowen, Elizabeth Mahoney Hansen and her husband, Lars Hansen, Dr. Robert Kevin Mahoney and his wife, Teresa C. Mahoney, William Patrick Mahoney; four great-grandchildren, Kate and Sarah Hansen, Lauren E. Mahoney and Kevin Joseph Mahoney.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. Evelyn Puckett. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel. The family suggests memorial donations be made to Colonial Ave. United Methodist Church.

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