The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 2, 1995             TAG: 9502020332
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

MARIE T. CORTES

Marie Therese Cortes, 87, of the 1200 block of Magnolia Ave., a homemaker, died Jan. 31, 1995, in her residence.

Mrs. Cortes was born in Algiers, Algeria. She was a member of Larchmont Baptist Church, Norfolk.

Survivors include her husband, Jose Cortes; a daughter, Jocelyne Ramey of Norfolk; a sister, Elise Courreges of Tarbes, France; a brother, Oscar Nadal of Bron, France; three grandchildren, Florence Geracie of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Arleen Womack of Chesapeake and Lynn Jones of Colonial Heights, Va.; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by the Rev. John Dean. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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