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DATE: Monday, February 20, 1995              TAG: 9502200001
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

NELL L. DEWITT

Nell Lowe DeWitt, of the 4200 block of Griffin St., died Sunday, Feb. 19, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. DeWitt was a native of Hertford County, N.C. She had retired from Leggett's Department Store as a sales clerk. She was a Baptist and was a member of Portsmouth Senior Citizens. She was predeceased by her parents, Charlie Harmon and Elizabeth Parker Harmon and was the widow of James E. DeWitt.

Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Loper of Fenton, Mich.; a son, Charles Lowe of Virginia Beach; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in Highland Memorial Gardens, Stoney Creek, N.C., by the Rev. Robert May. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, is handling arrangements. The family asks that flowers be omitted.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB