DATE: Monday, September 29, 1997            TAG: 9709290002

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   26 lines

DAVID R. SAVAGE

David Russell Savage, 79, of the 3800 block of Augustine Circle, died Sept. 25, 1997, in Portsmouth General Hospital.

A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the son of the late Linnie and Alberta Diggs Savage. He had retired from Kimberly Oil Company and was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church in Windsor. He was an Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Glady B. Savage; two daughters, Barbara Joyner of Hampton and Virgie Jordan of Virginia Beach; two foster daughters, Elisa Lewis and Catrina McCracken, both of Portsmouth; a son, Willie Savage of Portsmouth; eight grandchildren; a brother, James C. Savage and a sister, Mildred Swift, both of Norfolk; a niece; a nephew; several cousins; and a son-in-law, James McCracken of Portsmouth.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in Grove Baptist Church, 5910 West Norfolk Road, Portsmouth, by the Rev. Alex Bell. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Chesapeake. The body will be placed in the church at 12:15 p.m. Crocker Funeral Home, Suffolk, is in charge. ILLUSTRATION: Photo KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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