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

DATE: Sunday, May 14, 1995                   TAG: 9505140014
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

MARGARET R. NEWPORT

Margaret Richardson Newport, 84, died of pneumonia May 13, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Newport was born Dec. 10, 1910, in Hampton, Va., and was a long-time resident of Norfolk.

Survivors include a son, Rear Admiral Robert Clarke Austin Sr., USN Retired of Alexandria; four grandchildren, Susan Ebdon of Shelton, Conn., James H. Austin of Ledyard, Conn., Robert C. Austin Jr. of Newport News and Cecelia Noorvoy of Monterey, Calif.; and six great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in Rosewood Memorial Park by the Rev. Peter Magill. Arrangements by Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Kempsville chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB