DATE: Friday, May 23, 1997                  TAG: 9705230625

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   23 lines

SHAFFER S. COLSON

Shaffer S. Colson, 69, of the 800 block of Morgan Trail died May 21, 1997, in his residence.

A retired truck driver for A.W. Temple, he was a native of Hertford, N.C.

Survivors include his wife, Marlene Putman Colson; daughter, Cynthia Ruth Crenshaw of Mobile, Ala.; five sons, Garland W. Colson of Elizabeth City, N.C., Preston S. Colson of Sumner, Wash., Arthur O. Tall of Egg Harbor, N.J., James R. Tall of Somerset, Pa., and Brian K. Tall of Indiana, Pa.; two sisters, Margaret Lister of Norfolk and Evelyn Sawyer of Hertford; three brothers, Sterling Colson of Hertford, Charlie Colson Jr. and Ashton Colson, both of South Mills, N.C.; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rosewood Memorial Park by the Rev. Ernest L. Trueblood. The family will receive friends in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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