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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, August 18, 1996               TAG: 9608180027
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   21 lines

STEVEN L. SMITH

Steven LaMar Smith, 30, of the 1500 block of Clay St., died Aug. 16, 1996, in Portsmouth General Hospital.

Mr. Smith was a native of Portsmouth and a graduate of Manor High School Class of 1985.

Survivors include his mother, Catherine Smith and father, Arthur L. Smith Sr., both of Portsmouth; two sisters, Bonnie S. Tazewell of Manassas and Thalia McCray of Portsmouth; three brothers, Arthur L. Smith Jr., Eddie Tyrone Smith, both of Portsmouth, and Charles Jeffrey Smith of Cincinatti; grandmother, Emmaline Smith of Portsmouth; a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Tuesday in New First Baptist Church, Taylorsville. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB