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DATE: SUNDAY, June 12, 1994                    TAG: 9406120030 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B6    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 
DATELINE: 940612                                 LENGTH: Short 

MELVIN T. POWER

{LEAD} Melvin T. Power, a resident of Jacksonville, Fla., for the past 20 years, died June 7, 1994.

He was born in Norfolk. He retired from Seaboard Airline Railroad after 25 years of service and from General Portland Cement Co. after 21 years of service. He was a member of Avondale United Methodist Church and was a Mason and a Shriner.

{REST} Survivors include his wife, Peggy; one son, Leigh Power; one brother, Aubrey P. Power of Richmond; four grandchildren, Leigh Jr., Tammy, Scott and Mark; and 4 great-grandchildren, Monica, Timothy, Marc and Alex.

The graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Pastor Daniel K. Ivey. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, from 2 to 4 p.m. today.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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