DATE: Tuesday, November 11, 1997            TAG: 9711110209

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V. ALFRED ETHERIDGE

V. Alfred ``Jack'' Etheridge, 79, of the 1600 block of Westwood Road, died Nov. 10, 1997, in the University of Virginia Hospital.

Mr. Etheridge was a native of Creeds, Princess Anne County, and a resident of Virginia Beach for most of his life. He was the son of the late Vernon Ackiss Etheridge and Eva Etheridge Etheridge. Mr. Etheridge was a state senator for Virginia from 1952 to 1956 and then served as the Treasurer of Princess Anne County from 1956 to 1963. He was instrumental in the incorporation of Princess Anne County into the city of Virginia Beach in 1963 and had the distinction of being the city's first treasurer. He held that office until 1978.

Mr. Etheridge was also president of the Princess Anne Farm Bureau; president of the Princess Anne Migrant Labor Camp; executive secretary of the Board of Supervisors of Princess Anne County.; president of the Treasurer's Association of Virginia; legislative chairman of the Treasurer's Association of Virginia and the charter president of the Constitutional Officers Association of Virginia. He was also a member of the Princess Anne Ruritan Club, Oceana Lions Club, and Board of Directors of Southern Bank of Norfolk.

Survivors include his wife, Maribelle Malbon Etheridge of Charlottesville; two sons, Vernon Alfred Etheridge Jr. of Key West, Fla. and David Malbon Etheridge of Charlottesville; a daughter, Denise Etheridge LaCour of Charlottesville; six sisters, Mildred E. Wilson of Virginia Beach, Bertie E. Trump of Franklin, Elizabeth E. Henley of Virginia Beach, Florence E. Nicklas of Virginia Beach, Anita E. Harrell of Chesapeake, Louise E. Harrell of Urbanna, Va.; two brothers, Nelson J. Etheridge and Bennie J. Etheridge, both of Virginia Beach; three grandsons, Daniel Etheridge, Michael Etheridge and Trace LaCour; and a great-granddaughter, Hannah Etheridge.

Funeral arrangements are pending. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. The immediate family will be at the home of Mrs. C. Roger Malbon at 503 W. Holly Road. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Rd. Chapel, will be handling the arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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