The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, November 3, 1994             TAG: 9411030307
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

THOMAS E. COTTON

Thomas Edwin Cotton, 46, of the 500 block of Dinwiddie St., died Nov. 1, 1994, in a Suffolk hospital.

Mr. Cotton was a native of Portsmouth and was the son of the late Jesse E. Cotton Jr. and Mildred Smith Cotton.

Survivors include two sisters, Ann Marie Heath of Suffolk and Betty L. Mann of High Point, N.C.

A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB