The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, April 15, 1996                 TAG: 9604150033
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: WAKEFIELD                          LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

RUTH CODDINGTON

Ruth Coddington, 85, died Saturday, April 13, 1996.

A native of Wise County, Va., she was a former employee of Williamsburg Restoration Inc. and retired from A.P.V.A. in Jamestown.

Mrs. Coddington is survived by a daughter, Peggy C. Barker and her husband James N. Barker Jr. of Wakefield; a sister, Bernice C. Nightengale of Richmond; three grandchildren, Lisa Counts Barker, Todd Nicholas Barker of Los Angeles and Karen Burch Barker of Richmond.

A service will be held in Christ Episcopal Church, Waverly, Tuesday at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, at 2:30 p.m. The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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