The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Monday, July 25, 1994                  TAG: 9407250018
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

NAPPIE R. POWELL

Nappie Russell Powell, 85, of the 4400 block of Mallard Crescent, died July 14, 1994, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Powell was a native of Sunbury, N.C. She had retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a personnel clerk after 35 years. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church and attended Churchland Assembly of God.

Survivors include her husband, William Arthur Powell; a daughter, Jeannette P. Ethier of Portsmouth; a sister, Virginia Wetherbee of South Hill, Va.; two brothers, Hubert W. Russell of Portsmouth and Marvin Jones Russell of Chesapeake; two grandchildren, Deborah Beshany and Timothy M. Ethier; and four great-grandchildren, Ryan and Stephanie Beshany and Paul and Joshua Ethier.

The graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Larry O'Brien. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Loving Funeral Home, Churchland.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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