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

DATE: Tuesday, August 29, 1995               TAG: 9508290274
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

BETTY J. MARTIN

Betty J. Martin, of the 3000 block of Omohundro Ave., died Aug. 25, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Martin, a nursing care partner, worked faithfully for more than 21 years for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. She was born in Norfolk and was a member of Gideon Riverside Fellowship, Norfolk. She was a chairperson of its American Baptist Women. She was a member of the Combine Usher Board, the Milton A. Reid Helping Hand Club, and Annie B. Mourning Tent (NU)607.

Survivors include her husband, George W. Martin Jr.; two sons, George A. Martin of Brooklyn, N.Y., Raymond L. Martin of Norfolk; sisters; a brother; two grandchildren; a very special grandmother, Mrs. Francis Kent of Norfolk; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Annie Jean Mackey and Joseph Mackey of Brooklyn.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Gideon Riverside Fellowship, 362 Campostella Road, Norfolk, by Dr. Milton A. Reid. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk. The body will be placed in Gideon on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Family and friends will assemble at 3016 Omohundro Ave., Norfolk, on Wednesday at noon for the processional. Metropolitan Funeral Service, Norfolk, in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB