The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Wednesday, April 12, 1995              TAG: 9504120372
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: MATHEWS                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

COUNTESS B. GARRETT

Countess B. Garrett, 87, died Monday, April 10, 1995, in Leigh Memorial Hospital.

She was a devoted Christian and devoted mother. She was a member of Gwynns Island Church of the Nazarene and faithful friend to many.

Survivors include two daughters, Lois Perkinson of Mathews and Barbara Felton of Norfolk; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two nieces, Catherine Amidon and Frances Dennis; and one nephew, Russell Dennis.

A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews. Burial will follow in H.C. Smither Memorial Cemetery, Hudgins. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB