
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 4, 1990                   TAG: 9006040115
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NORFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

EDWARD BREEDEN, FORMER NORFOLK SENATOR, DIES

Former State Sen. Edward Breeden of Norfolk, who piloted major programs into law during 36 years in the Virginia General Assembly, has died.

Breeden died Friday in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was 85.

Elected in 1935 to the House of Delegates, Breeden served there until 1942, then ran successfully for the Senate, where he became the leader of the Democratic majority.

The Virginia Senate's present majority leader, Hunter Andrews of Hampton, said Breeden "fought hard and always brought home the bacon for Norfolk, but he also understood the larger problems, and that's what made him such a giant in my judgment.

Breeden was born in 1905 in Norfolk, the son of contractor Edward L. Breeden and Cora Lee McCloud. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and George Washington University Law School.

He was associated in 1930 with the law firm of Vandeventer, Eggleston and Black. In 1935 he co-founded a firm with Walter E. Hoffman and James A. Howard which later became Breeden, Howard and MacMillan with the appointment of Hoffman as a U.S. District Court judge in Norfolk. It now is Breeden, MacMillan and Green.

A memorial service will be today at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.

by CNB