DATE: Wednesday, March 12, 1997             TAG: 9703120379

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JOSEPH WHITFIELD

Joseph Whitfield, 77, of the 1900 block of Maplewood Lane died March 9, 1997, in a local hospital.

A truck driver for 37 years, he was retired. Mr. Whitfield was a native of Edgecomb County, N.C., and a member of New Bethlehem Church of Christ Disciples.

Survivors include a special and devoted friend, Mrs. Lona K. Garrett; three daughters, Bessie Morris and Bertha Whitfield, both of Chesapeake, and Lenora Whitfield of Norfolk; three sons, Robert Lewis of Norfolk and John Whitfield and Eugene Whitfield, both of Chesapeake; five sisters, Mary Ella Everett of Macclesfield, N.C., Annie Brown of Rocky Mount, N.C., Lucy Griffin and Ethel Oree, both of Norfolk, and Aldine Whitfield of Elm City, N.C.; brother, Charlie Whitfield of Baltimore; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter; a special deacon, Jessie Riddick; and a host of relatives and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in New Bethlehem Church of Christ Disciples by Elder Protor Freeman Sr. Burial will be in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Chesapeake. The family will leave from 1729 Shipyard Road, Chesapeake, the day of the service. Pretlow and Sons Funeral Home, Chesapeake, is in charge. ILLUSTRATION: Photo KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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