DATE: Thursday, November 6, 1997            TAG: 9711060382

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LINDA R. JAMES

Linda Reid James, 42, died Nov. 3, 1997, in Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

Born in Suffolk, she had retired from Obici Memorial Hospital after 21 years of service; she worked in telecommunications. She was a member of Christian Home Baptist Church, Windsor, Va., and a member of Brighter Light Eastern Star Chapter 118. She was a graduate of the Class of 1976 from Forrest Glenn High School, attended P.D. Pruden Vocational Tech. and was a graduate of Obici Hospital Nursing Training.

Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Larry James; two daughters, Jennifer Marie James and Brittany Moulton James, both of Portsmouth; three foster sisters, Stella Northern, Wanda Futrell and Lynne Young, all of Suffolk; a brother, Kelvin Steward of Atlanta; and a special cousin, Dolly Williams of Smithfield.

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Christian Home Baptist Church, Windsor, Va., by the Rev. Wendell Waller. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Viewing will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Tynes-Edwards & Turner Funeral Service. Family and friends will assemble at 547 McClean St., Portsmouth, by 11 a.m. for the procession. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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