DATE: Saturday, June 14, 1997               TAG: 9706140670

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   28 lines

EBONI M. JOHNSON

Eboni M. ``Ebbie'' Johnson, 13, of the 2200 block of Peach St., died June 9, 1997, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk.

Born in Portsmouth, she was a seventh-grader at Hunt-Mapp Middle School, Portsmouth, and was a 1997 inductee in the National Junior Honor Society.

Survivors include her mother, Daphlyn ``Dee Dee Johnson'' White and father, Gabriel Small Jr., both of Portsmouth; two sisters, Candace Small and Crystal Small, both of Portsmouth; two brothers, Jawanza Johnson and Terrell Small, both of Portsmouth; maternal grandmother, Elizabeth M. Johnson; paternal grandmother, Mary L. Carter, both of Portsmouth; paternal grandfather, Gabriel Small Sr. of Baltimore, Md.; and paternal great-grandmother, Adell Lester of Henderson, N.C.; five aunts and six uncles and a host of cousins, in-laws and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, June 16, in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Portsmouth, by the Rev. Charles L. Harvin. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Viewing at Corprew Funeral Home, Portsmouth, will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday. The body will be taken to the church at noon Monday. ILLUSTRATION: Photo KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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