DATE: Friday, October 17, 1997              TAG: 9710170566

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BENNY SIMPKINS SR.

Benny Simpkins Sr., 58, of the 100 block of Byrd St. died Oct. 14, 1997, in Sentara Norfolk General.

A native of Mingo County, W.Va., he worked as a maintenance supervisor with Smithfield Packing. He was the son of the late Elliott Simpkins and Levisa Chafin Simpkins. He was predeceased by two brothers, Ray Simpkins and Edgar Simpkins; and two sisters, Kathleen S. Cisco and Dimple S. Stacy.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Jean Babb Simpkins; daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte S. and Japheth E. Rawls III and Gail S. and Brian S. Wyatt, all of Suffolk; a son and daughter-in-law, Benny and Elizabeth B. Simpkins Jr. of Suffolk; sisters, Juanita Simpkins, Joan Griffin, and Blanche Simpkins, all of Suffolk; grandchildren, Japheth E. Rawls IV and Brittany C. Rawls, Lindsey B. Wyatt and Katelyn E. Simpkins, all of Suffolk.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Michael Halley. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. Friends may join the family at 123 Byrd St. Memorials may be made to Suffolk Christian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 1457, Suffolk, Va. 23439. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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