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

DATE: Tuesday, November 5, 1996             TAG: 9611050242
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                        LENGTH:   11 lines

SHERWOOD O. BLACK

Sherwood Owen Black, 39, died Nov. 2, 1996. A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Sandy Mount Baptist Church. Tynes-Edwards and Shivers Funeral Home is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB