The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 13, 1997              TAG: 9701130011
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   23 lines

CRAIG A. RICHARDS

Craig Alan Richards, 38, died Jan. 12, 1997, in Norfolk.

He was born in Norfolk and was formerly employed with Freewheelers for five years as an office manager. He was a member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church and the American Wheelchair Bowling Association.

Survivors include two daughters, Tonya McGuire and Elizabeth A. Richards, both of Chesapeake; a son, Willie A. Richards of Norfolk; his mother, Mildred A. Richards of Norfolk; three sisters, Lane Estep of Dayton, Ohio, Lynn Trueblood of Chesapeake and Lesley Hurst of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and a grandchild, Shay A. McGuire of Chesapeake.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Eastminster Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Robert E. Hobson Jr. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the American Diabetes Association or the Kidney Foundation.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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