THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, March 18, 1996 TAG: 9603180020
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
Sgt. Maj. Willie C. Hamblin, USMC (Ret.), 78, of the first block of Greenbriar Road, died March 17, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.
He was born in Maunie, Ill., and retired from the USMC after 30 years. He was a member of Westhaven Baptist Church and was predeceased by Frances Hutchinns Hamblin and Anne Wiersdorf Hamblin. He was a member of the Ambassador Club of Portsmouth.
Survivors include two daughters, Margaret Lynn Albertson of Portsmouth and Elizabeth Ann Paulos of Long Beach, Calif.; two sons, William H. Hamblin of Harrisonburg, Va., and Richard H. Hamblin of Virginia Beach, Va.; a sister, Sarah Veatch of Carmi, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a stepson, William E. Froehlich of Portsmouth and stepdaughter, Beth Gilliam of Athens, Ga.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. W. Tom Woods. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery with full military honors. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and also will be at 32 Greenbriar Road, Portsmouth. Memorial donations may be made to Westhaven Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.
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