DATE: Saturday, November 22, 1997           TAG: 9711220254

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HUBERT E. BATTEN

Dr. Hubert Elmore Batten, 72, of 2121 Raeford Road died Thursday, Nov. 20, 1997, at Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital.

He was a practicing physician of radiology in Fayetteville for 34 years and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Helen E. Batten of the home; a son, Dr. Jerry L. Batten of Balsam, N.C.; a daughter, Dr. Jan Batten McGirt of Wilmington, N.C.; a brother, Armin R. Batten of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and two granddaughters.

A funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday in Rogers and Breece Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Sam Batten and the Rev. William Sleasman. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 4 p.m. before the service at the funeral home. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial be made to Hospice of Cumberland County, P.O. Box 53324, Fayetteville, N.C. 28305, or Dr. Hubert E. Batten Scholarship Fund, c/o Fayetteville Technical Community College, P.O. Box 35236, Fayetteville, N.C. 28303. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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