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

DATE: Monday, March 27, 1995                 TAG: 9503270011
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

LEO W. HAMILTON

Leo William Hamilton, 65, of the 100 block of Green Meadow Drive, died Saturday, March 25, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mr. Hamilton was a native of Cattaraugus County, N.Y. He had retired from the U.S. Navy as a gunnersmate and was a member of Pinecrest Baptist Church. He was a duck pin bowler at Victory Lanes, Portsmouth.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth M. Hamilton; a son, William J. Hamilton of Portsmouth; and a stepdaughter, Susie Parker of Ahoskie, N.C.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, by the Rev. Tom Potter. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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