DATE: Wednesday, July 30, 1997              TAG: 9707300443

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HENERITTA BOOKER

Heneritta Booker, 81, of the 2000 block of Evergreen Place, died July 26, 1997, in Maryview Medical Center.

Born in Scotland Neck, N.C., she was a member of New First Baptist, Taylorsville, Portsmouth, and its female usher board, gospel choir, senior missionaries, 5W Club, combined usher board, concert choir and Unity Order of Tent (NU)486 and was also president of the Helping Hand Club. Mrs. Booker was a housewife and the widow of Lloyd Booker.

Survivors include a daughter, Lenamae Faison of Kelford, N.C.; a sister-in-law, Earnestine Ellis of Portsmouth; son-in-law, Carlton Faison Jr. of Kelford; six grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; nieces, Flora Smith of Portsmouth, Brenda Weeks of Hillside, N.J., Linda Turner of Portsmouth, Lisa Davenport of Chesapeake, Sandra Rabbs of Capital Heights, Md., Veronica Williams of Portsmouth, Brenda Wynn of Ivor, Va., Micki Johnson and Emma Day, both of Portsmouth; nephews, Fred Ellis, Thadis Day, both of Portsmouth, Tony Spivey of Fredericksburg, Va., Melvin Ellis of Portsmouth, Larry Douglass Faison of Los Angeles and William Smith of Portsmouth.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in New First Baptist Church, Taylorsville, Portsmouth, by the Rev. T.M. Steele. Burial will be in Staton Memorial Cemetery, Scotland Neck, N.C. Viewing will begin today from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Family will receive friends at 4 E. Carrington Court, Portsmouth, where family and friends may assemble for the procession to the church. Unity Order of Tents will have their service today at 7:30 p.m. Serenity Funeral Home, Portsmouth, and Staton Funeral Home, Scotland Neck, N.C., are in charge. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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