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

DATE: Thursday, September 21, 1995           TAG: 9509210348
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

THELMA LEIGH WILSON

Thelma Leigh Wilson, 90, of the 300 block of Hospital Drive, died Sept. 19, 1995 in a Virginia Beach hospital.

She was a native of Wilmington, N.C. and the widow of William A. Wilson.

She is survived by one daughter, Azelle Leigh Shackelford of Virginia Beach; one daughter-in-law, Genevieve Leigh Dikeman of Portsmouth; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by a son, A. Vernon Leigh.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in Olive Branch Cemetery, by the Rev. Kenneth Windham. The family will receive friends at the Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, today from 7 to 8 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB