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DATE: Thursday, September 7, 1995            TAG: 9509070421
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

MARGARET B. MCCOY

Margaret Brooks ``Dinkie'' McCoy, 79, of 520 Jones St., died Sept. 5, 1995.

A native of Suffolk, she was the daughter of the late Waverly and Margaret Tebo Brooks and the widow of Raymond Wilson McCoy. She was a companion aide, a member of the Suffolk Christian Church and Suffolk Moose Lodge.

Survivors include her son, Alan McCoy of Suffolk; a brother, Jack Brooks of Sandy, Ore.; two grandsons, Kenneth McCoy and Alan McCoy Jr.; and a great-grandson, Jacob McCoy.

The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home by Dr. Bruce A. Havens. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Elevator Fund at Suffolk Christian Church, 216 N. Main St., Suffolk, Va. 23434.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB