The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Saturday, September 23, 1995           TAG: 9509230208
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DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

ETTA T. AKEHURST

Etta Turner Akehurst, 94, of Westminster Canterbury, died Sept. 18, 1995.

Mrs. Akehurst was the widow of Louis A. Akehurst. She was born in Pungoteague, Va., and was a member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of Portsmouth.

Mrs. Akehurst's survivors include her son, Louis W. Akehurst, and daughter-in-law, Jean Gooch Akehurst, both of Tampa, Fla.; brother, Wilson Turner of Norfolk; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and nephew John Rouse of Harrisonburg, Va.

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