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DATE: THURSDAY, November 4, 1993                   TAG: 9311040274
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT-BAIRD, THOMAS BRYAN

BAIRD, Thomas Bryan, 86, of Newport News, died Monday, November 1, 1993, in Riverside Regional Medical Center. He was a life-long resident of Newport News. He retired in 1972, after 50 years of service as an instructor from the Apprentice School of Newport News Ship Building Company. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Newport News. He is survived by two daughters, Joan B. Hunnicutt, Burke, Jacquelyn Baird, Columbia, Md.; one stepdaughter, Dorothy Cook, Newport News; one son, Thomas B. Baird Jr., Wytheville; two stepsons, Carlton Coppersmith, Simsbury, Conn., George Williams, Seoul, Korea; four sisters, Marion Rieker, Elsie Christie, Roberta Spencer, Ina Clarke, all of Newport News; six grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; three stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, November 4, 1993, in Trinity Lutheran Church by Rev. Thomas E. Bosserman. Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park. Arrangements by Peninsula Funeral Home, 11144 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, Va. 23601, 804-595-4424.

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