DATE: Thursday, October 2, 1997             TAG: 9710020436

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   25 lines

SAM J. LOCKRIDGE SR.

Sam James Lockridge Sr., 70, of the 2300 block of Kingsman Arch, died Sept. 30, 1997.

Born in Smithville, Miss., he retired from the U.S. Navy and also from the civil service as a communications specialist. He was a member of Avalon Church of Christ, Virginia Beach, and Masonic Lodge No. 257, Chesapeake. He was first vice president of For Membership of Armed Forces Communications Electronic Association, Hampton Roads. He was the widower of Jean McKee Lockridge.

Survivors include a daughter, Rebecca L. Taylor of Georgia; a son, Sam J. Lockridge Jr. of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Doris Pate and Virginia Patterson, both of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Lowell Patterson of Memphis; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and daughter-in-law, Jackie C. Lockridge of Virginia Beach.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, by the Rev. Jimmy Bennett. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Contributions may be made to the American Kidney Foundation. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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