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

DATE: Friday, August 25, 1995                TAG: 9508250682
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS 
DATELINE: HAMPTON                            LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

HAMPTON MAN FOUND DEAD

Police and fire personnel were called to the first block of Big Bethel Road at 8:30 a.m. Thursday on the report of a body in the water, a police spokesman said.

The body was identified as Edcure Wright, 62, of Hampton, an Alzheimer's patient who had been missing since Tuesday. Police said an examination showed Wright had drowned.

KEYWORDS: DROWNING MISSING PERSONS by CNB