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DATE: Sunday, October 16, 1994               TAG: 9410160017
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: COLERAIN                           LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

CHARLIE C. SWAIN

Charlie Cullen Swain, 101, of Jernigan Swamp Road, a retired farmer, died Oct. 15, 1994, in Guardian Care Nursing Home.

Mr. Swain was born in Chowan County, N.C. He was a member of Colerain Baptist Church and a decorated veteran of World War I.

Survivors include two sons, Vernon Swain of Ahoskie, N.C., and Charles R. Swain of Colorado Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Colerain Baptist Church by the Rev. Robert Kelley. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, other times at the home of Vernon Swain at 402 Jernigan Swamp Road, Ahoskie.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB