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

DATE: Monday, February 27, 1995              TAG: 9502270022
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: EDENTON                            LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

EVELYN B. NIXON

Mrs. Evelyn Annie Britton Nixon, 75, of Rocky Hock Creek Road, died Sunday, in the Chowan Hospital. A native of Chowan County, Mrs. Nixon was a daughter of the late Cola William and Agnes Toppin Nixon.

Mrs. Nixon is survived by her husband, Archie Nixon; one daughter, Margaret N. Peele of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sons, Donnie Nixon of Greensboro, N.C., and Ralph Nixon of Tyler, Texas. There are two sisters, Ruth Warren of Chesapeake and Jean Perry of Edenton; three brothers, Junius Britton and Fred Britton, both of Edenton, and Alvin Britton of Lanexa, Va. There are eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Nixon was preceded in death by a son, Howard Nixon.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Evans/Williford-Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Nixon Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 until 9 and at other times at the residence of Junius and Legion Britton, 105 Douglas Ave. in Edenton.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB