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DATE: Friday, April 21, 1995                 TAG: 9504210458
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

THELMA BOYD

Thelma Boyd, 88, of the 3800 block of Columbia St., died April 20, 1995, in Portsmouth.

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

Survivors include two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Butler and Margaret S. Vinik, and a brother, Sears T. Boyd, all of Portsmouth. She was preceded in death by her brother, Bernard Boyd.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Philip Parker. The family will be at Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB