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DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996            TAG: 9602240268
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HATTERAS                           LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

GAIL M. HOLLIS

Gail Meekins Hollis, 68, died Friday, Feb. 23, 1996, at her residence.

Mrs. Hollis was born in Hatteras and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service. She was a member of Hatteras United Methodist Church, the Maude Austin Bible Class, United Methodist Women, and the Hatteras Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Willis Meekins and the late Sally Ophelia Gaskill Meekins and the wife of the late Carl N. Hollis.

She is survived by two daughters, Carla Lewis of Greenville, N.C., and Dee Callahan of Hatteras; a sister, Esther Riggs of Norfolk; and four grandchildren.

A funeral service is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 25, 1996, at 2 p.m. at Hatteras United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Huskins and the Rev. Don Brown officiating. Burial will take place in the family cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Hatteras United Methodist Church. Twiford's Island Chapel, Hatteras, is in charge of these arrangements.

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