The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 17, 1995              TAG: 9501170258
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DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

MABEL M. STEPHENSON

Mabel M. Stephenson, 92, died Jan. 16, 1995, in Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Stephenson was born in Hobson, Va., and was the widow of Franklin B. Stephenson. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Norfolk for over 60 years.

Survivors include a son, Walter, and his wife, Janie Stephenson of Virginia Beach; a sister, Virginia Hanson of Chadsworth, Calif.; five grandchildren, Walter R. Stephenson Jr. of Chesapeake, Katherine Stephenson and Linda Stephenson, both of Virginia Beach, Martha Meekins of Kitty Hawk, N.C., and Sherri Laudenslager of Waldorf, Md.; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Dr. W. Emmett M. Diggs. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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