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Howard Chapin Obituary

The Honorable Howard B. Chapin, age 80, former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and beloved coach and teacher in the Beaufort County and Washington City School system, died unexpectedly in the Beaufort County Hospital on Tuesday, May 14, 2002.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 16 in First Christian Church in Washington. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery.
Family will receive friends at Paul Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and at other times at his home at 212 Smaw Road, Runyon Hills, Washington.
In lieu of flowersmemorial contributions may be sent to the Howard B. & Mary Alice Chapin Educational Fund, c/o Barton College, Campus Box 5000, Wilson, NC 27893-7000 or to the Somerset Place Foundation, 2572 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC 27928 or to a church or charity of the donors choice.
Paul Funeral Home of Washington, NC is serving the Chapin family.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The News & Observer on May 15, 2002.

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