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

DATE: Wednesday, January 15, 1997           TAG: 9701150414
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   19 lines

WALTER THURMAN

Walter Thurman, 74, died Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, in his home.

A member of Glenrock Church of God and a U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Thurman was retired. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mattie Jewell Brown Thurman.

Surviving are two daughters, Norma Griswold and her husband, Gerald, Val Rahamut and her husband, David, of Ohio; two grandchildren, Richard Griswold and Cynthia Griswold; two brothers, Wilker Thurman and Charles Thurman, both of Tennessee.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Glenrock Church of God, Norfolk, by the Rev. Nathan Towe and the Rev. Paul Eure. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today in Altmeyer Funeral Home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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