The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 2, 1997             TAG: 9701020018
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   23 lines

SHIRLEY A. AIKENS

Shirley Ann Aikens, 58, of the 700 block of West 37th St., died Dec. 30, 1996, in Hillhaven Nursing Home.

She was a native of Baltimore and was a lab technician with Norfolk Dental Lab. She was a member of C.H. Mason Memorial C.O.G.I.C. and the daughter of Beatrice Sutton Williams and the late Joseph L. Williams. She was the widow of William Aikens.

She is survived by a son, Larry R. Aikens of Norfolk; her mother, Beatrice Sutton Williams; six sisters, Wilsonia J. Whitfield, Leatrice Reed, Patricia L. Whitmore, Marie Lee, Brenda Sanderlin and Mary Slade, all of Norfolk; two brothers, Charles A. Williams and Gary T. Williams; a goddaughter, Nicole Allen; and a host of other relatives and special friends.

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at C.H. Mason Memorial C.O.G.I.C. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Viewing will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Riddick Funeral Service where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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