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

DATE: Tuesday, May 21, 1996                  TAG: 9605210289
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: GRAFTON                            LENGTH: Short :   34 lines

FRED E. LEMMOND

Fred Evan Lemmond, 92, of the 100 block of Gray Lane, died May 20, 1996, at Riverside Regional Convalescent Center.

Mr. Lemmond was born in West Norfolk, Va., and was employed as a cable splicer with C & P Telephone Company with 47 years of service and retired in 1969. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and also Peninsula Life Member Club of the Telephone Pioneers. He was a member of the Campers Association of Tidewater and A.A.R.P. He was a member of Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, and a member of the Men's Bible Class.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Farrell Lemmond; a daughter, Marian L. Mitchell and husband, Bobbie H. of Grafton, Va.; two granddaughters, Luanna Wilton of Mechanicsville, Va., and Laura Blau of Hampton, Va.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Max G. Culler and Rev. Nancy Hayes. Burial will follow in Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk. Friends may join the family at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to: Lafayette Presbyterian Church, 1821 Lafayette Blvd., Norfolk, Va. 23509, or to Riverside Regional Convalescent Center, Recreation Department, 1000 Old Denbigh Blvd., Newport News, Va. 23602.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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