THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 10, 1997 TAG: 9701100475
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 36 lines
Linda K. Hargrove, 49, went to be with the Lord Jan. 9, 1997.
She was a native of Lanett, Ala., and a longtime resident of Virginia Beach. She was married to Ernest L. Hargrove Jr., her husband of 21 years, who survives her, and the daughter of Laura Mae Knight and the late William Winston Knight of Lanett.
Linda graduated from Lanett High School and Hallie Turner School of Cosmetology in LaGrange, Ga. She was a hairdresser and former owner of The Hair People in Virginia Beach. She was an active member of the Kempsville Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, greeter, Adult VI Sunday school director and a member of the Ladies Chorus and Adult Choir. She enjoyed skiing and golf.
In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by twin sons, Stephen C. Breland and Bryan K. Breland, both of Virginia Beach, and a stepdaughter, Anne Hargrove Durham and her husband, Barry, of Chesapeake; two brothers, Sonny Knight and his wife, Jeannie, of Lanett, and Ronny Joe Knight and his wife, Lochlyn, Valley, Ala.; six aunts, Myrtle Edwards, Ellen Bennett, Janice Bradley, Mary Nell Brown, Vinnie Mae Senn and Leana Tidwell; and four uncles, Dorsey Knight, Undel Gordon, Billy Gordon and Eulice L. Gordon, all of Alabama, and several nieces and nephews. Linda will be missed by her many friends who loved her and were blessed to have their lives touched and enriched by her.
A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Kempsville Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, with burial in Rosewood Memorial Park. Dr. Kelly J. Burris, the Rev. Mark Stone and the Rev. Michael Turner will officiate. Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, is in charge. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the Music Department of Kempsville Baptist Church, 5204 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Va. 23462.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY