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Survivors include two brothers, M. Patrick Meenehan of Manheim, Pa., and John F. "Bo" Meenehan III of Lovettsville; and two sisters, Theresa Meenehan Capitano of McLean and Janet Meenehan Point of Philadelphia.

Robert A. CampbellMail Carrier

Robert A. Campbell, 45, a mail carrier in Northern Virginia, died of lung cancer Sept. 13 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in Annandale.

Mr. Campbell was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Annandale since he was 4. He was a 1978 graduate of Lake Braddock High School and received an associate's degree in business from Northern Virginia Community College.

He managed several Radio Shack stores in Northern Virginia over a period of years before joining the Postal Service in 1997. He was based at the Lincolnia Station Post Office in Alexandria.

Mr. Campbell enjoyed computers, cooking and investing in commodities.

Survivors include his wife of less than a year, Julia B. Campbell of Annandale; his mother, Catherine Campbell of Annandale; three brothers, James J. Campbell Jr. of Arlington, Dennis Campbell of Tampa and Thomas Campbell of Kingstowne; and two sisters, Susan Lowther of Midlothian, Va., and Kathleen Bianchi of Las Vegas.

Charlie HallRailroad Worker, Church Singer

Charlie Hall, 92, a railroad worker who sang in church vocal groups for more than 60 years, died Sept. 7 of cancer at Greater Southeast Community Hospital. He lived in Washington.

Mr. Hall was born in Union County, N.C., and came to Washington in the early 1930s. He worked as a baggage handler at Union Station for the Pennsylvania Rail Road and later for Amtrak. He retired in 1973.

He had been a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Southeast Washington since 1941. He was in the senior choir for more than 60 years and was the church's sergeant-at-arms. He sang bass with the church men's quartet and sang with a male gospel group, Flying Clouds of Washington.

Mr. Hall was an ardent baseball fan and a devoted newspaper reader.

His wife of 40 years, Lillie Bell Hall, died in1972.

His daughter, Turner H. Wilson, died in 1994.


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