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DATE: Wednesday, May 31, 1995                TAG: 9505310434
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VICKY SMITHSON

Vicky Van Tyndall Smithson, 72, of the 700 block of Green Tree Circle, died May 30, 1995, in her home.

She was a native of Richland, N.C., and was the widow of John Raymond Smithson Jr. She was a member of Great Bridge Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.

She is survived by two daughters, Jane Ray of Stem, N.C., and Diane Pennise-Belt of Chesapeake; two sons, Cecil Smithson of Chesapeake and Franklin Samuel Hill of Norfolk; three sisters, Ellen T. Morgan of Newbern, N.C., Verdi Moody of Kinston, N.C., and Swannie Bell Humphrey of Bellgrade, N.C.; two brothers, Jappy M. Tyndall of Newbern, N.C., and Elza P. Tyndall Jr. of Suffolk; nine grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Great Bridge Congregation of Jehovah's Wintesses by David Hand. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel, is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB