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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 28, 1995             TAG: 9502280194
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

IDA S. WATKINS

Ida S. Watkins, 92, of the 4000 block of Greenwood Drive, died Feb. 25, 1995, in Portsmouth.

She was born in Portsmouth and was a member of Zion Baptist Church, Portsmouth.

Survivors include one daughter, Pearl M. Carr of Portsmouth; one sister, Rachel Burke of Portsmouth; and one brother, James Sisco of Portsmouth.

The funeral will be conducted Thursday, March 2 at 1 p.m. by the Rev. Joseph L. Roberts in Zion Baptist Church, Portsmouth. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Gardens. Family and friends will assemble at 734 Dunedin Road at 12:15 p.m. for the processional to the church. Serenity Funeral Home, Portsmouth in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB