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DATE: Friday, May 19, 1995                   TAG: 9505190473
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

MARY K. BYRUM

Mary ``Dolly'' Katherine Byrum, 86, of the 1100 block of Kempsville Road, formerly of Virginia Beach, died May 17, 1995, in Sentara Leigh Hospital.

Mrs. Byrum was born in Wabash, Ind., and was a Roman Catholic. She was a homemaker and the widow of Gilbert Byrum.

Survivors include a daughter, Donna J. Weiss of Norfolk; 16 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Gerald Patrick Sherman and a daughter, Dorothy Ann Flynn.

A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in Kellum Funeral Home, Pleasant Hall/Kempsville Chapel. Burial will be in Princess Anne Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB