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

DATE: Thursday, March 23, 1995               TAG: 9503230514
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

ASTA C. SHOEMAKER

Asta Christina Shoemaker, 93, of the 2000 block of Chapel Ave., died March 21, 1995, in a Chesapeake hospital.

She was a native of Portsmouth and was the widow of Emmitt Cecil Shoemaker.

Survivors include a son, Joseph T. Heitman of Chesapeake; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Steve Jones. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB