Obit is titled Mrs Masters
Mrs Hattie Hancock Masters, 79, 520 Denbigh Blvd, Newport News died Monday in Riverside Hospital.
Born in Iron Gate and a Peninsula resident for the past 41 years, she was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and had been a member of the American War Mothers.
Survivors include her husband, Alfred Owen Masters Sr., a daughter Mrs Juanita Smith Gerringer of Painesville, Ohio, four sons, William Oliver Smith Jr, and James Francis Smith both of Cheney, Wash., and Robert L. Smith and Alfred O. Masters Jr, both of Newport News; a sister, Mrs Stella Lawler Hancock of Hopewell, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge.
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