The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, April 25, 1996               TAG: 9604250351
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

LAWRENCE I. BASNIGHT

Lawrence I. Basnight, a native of Buffalo, N.C., died April 23, 1996, in Virginia Beach. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force.

Survivors include two sisters, Vera Kashavsky of Valrico, Fla., Rado Labonte of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Tick Basnight and Rudolph Basnight, both of Norfolk; and a host of nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday by the Rev. Warren Wilson at Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB