The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 1995            TAG: 9501110361
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

E. LEIGH CARAWAN

E. Leigh Carawan, 82, a retired sales clerk, died Jan. 9, 1995, in Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Carawan was born in Norfolk. She retired from Smith & Welton department stores, was the widow of H.O. Carawan and was a Protestant.

Survivors include three daughters, Neva Bucher, Alma Larson and Paulette Prescott, all of Virginia Beach; a sister, Mary Wilson of Daytona Beach, Fla.; a brother, James Monroe Rhue of South Carolina; seven grandchildren; and two loving sons-in-law and many friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, by the Rev. Ernest L. Trueblood. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday and all other times at 5044 Sullivan Blvd., Virginia Beach. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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