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

DATE: Wednesday, February 5, 1997           TAG: 9702050402
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CONWAY                            LENGTH:   24 lines

DOROTHY W. LANIER

Mrs. Dorothy White Lanier, 74, of Route 2, died Monday, Feb. 3, 1997.

Mrs. Lanier was a native of Bertie County, the daughter of the late Denny B. White and Fannie Bazemore White, and a member of Creeksville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and nine brothers and sisters.

Survivors include her husband, Marvin Lanier; three sons, Charles Lanier of Conway, Stancil and Ricky Lanier, both of Franklin, Va.; a sister, Lucille Craft of Walstonburg, N.C.; eight grandchildren, Carol Lynn Leggett, Laura Jean Lanier, Charles Lanier Jr., Jill Lanier, Dusty Lanier, Lindsay Lanier, Ricky Lanier II and Betsy Lanier.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Creeksville Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Jackson Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorial contributions may be made to Conway-Severn Rescue Squad or Jackson Rescue Squad.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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