Dr. Dennis E. Hovis, 72, 3506 Julie, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center.

He was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Charlotte, N.C., son of Clarence Hovis and Margaret Michael Hovis. He and Virginia Leible were married Dec. 31, 1945, at Kelso.

Hovis retired from a private dental practice in Maryland in 1984. He had also been an associate professor at Georgetown Dental School in Washington, D.C.

He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, American Dental Society, Southern Maryland Dental Society, and Royal Society of Health. Hovis was a Third Degree in Knights of Columbus in Washington, D.C. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.

He received an associate degree from Belmont Abbey in North Carolina, bachelor's degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and a degree in dentistry from Georgetown Dental School.

Survivors include his wife, and a sister, Margaret Crenshaw of Belmont.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 6:30.

Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent's Church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Mausoleum.