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DATE: Friday, April 12, 1996                 TAG: 9604120525
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

NAOMI B. LOWRANCE

Naomi Bentley Lowrance, 85, formerly of Salem Road, died April 11, 1996.

Mrs. Lowrance, the widow of Ray Henry Lowrance, was a native of Banner Elk, N.C.

Survivors include three daughters, Petra L. Daniels, Lois L. Liverman, both of Virginia Beach, Margaret A. Hanbury of Chesapeake; two sisters, Carrie Hollars of Boone, N.C., Viola Austin of Cherryville, N.C.; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Charles C. Lowrance Sr.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, by Mr. Joseph Miller. The family will receive friends in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, today from 7 to 8 p.m. She is also survived by Nina L. Liverman.

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