DATE: Thursday, April 3, 1997               TAG: 9704030329

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VERA G. BURNETT

Vera Godwin Burnett, 80, of the 600 block of Kingsborough Square, died April 1, 1997, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Burnett was born in Elm City, N.C. She was a longtime resident of Portsmouth and most recently of Virginia Beach. She was an active member of London Bridge Baptist Church. She was retired from Goldmans Shoe Salon.

Survivors include a son, John R. Godwin of Charlottesville; two daughters, Bobby Joyce Layden and her husband, Howard A., and Darlene Parker and her husband, Robert, both of Chesapeake; a sister, Fannie Pearl McCarley of Chevy Chase, Md.; six grandchildren, Melodie Duck, Traci Spring, Johanna Walker, Mark Parker, Kimberley Godwin and Paige Parker; and seven great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Tommy Taylor. Snellings Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge. The family will be at the Duck residence, 3910 Balboa Crescent, Chesapeake. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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