THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, October 19, 1996 TAG: 9610190641
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
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Carrie Blythe Saunders, 85, of the 100 block of Kings Highway died Oct. 17, 1996.
A native of Nansemond County, she was the daughter of the late Lafayette and Nancy Carr Blythe. For more than 60 years, Mrs. Saunders was a member of Oakland Christian Church, where she taught Sunday School, was in charge of the altar flowers for many years, was a member of the Newman Bible Class and Circle 1. She started the first Brownie scout troop of Chuckatuck.
Survivors include her husband, Harvey Francis Saunders Sr.; a daughter, Peggy Saunders Garvey of Waynesboro, Va.; two sons, Harvey F. Saunders Jr. of Smithfield, William G. (Jerry) Saunders of Chuckatuck; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three sisters, Essie Holland of Raleigh, N.C., Otelia Felton and Mary Burres, both of Suffolk.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Oakland Christian Church by the Rev. Mark L. Burns. Burial will be in Newman Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends in R.W. Baker Funeral Home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Chuckatuck Fire Department Building Fund, P.O. Box 2164, Suffolk, Va. 23432 or to the Newman Memorial Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 2008, Suffolk, Va. 23432.
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