The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 3, 1996             TAG: 9601030393
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

MARY E. RIDDICK

Mary Emma ``Little Mama'' Riddick, of the 300 block of Poplar Ave., died Dec. 30, 1995, in Sentara Bayside Hospital.

She was a native of Norfolk and was a member of New Saint John A.M.E. Church, Virginia Beach.

She is survived by two daughters, Mable Freeman Hawkins of Virginia Beach, Annie Freeman Smith of Norfolk; son, Willie A. Freeman of Norfolk; two stepsons, Lewis Harris and Michael Harris, both of Norfolk; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. E. H. Terrell Jr. in New Saint John A.M.E. Church, Virginia Beach. Burial is in Roosevelt Memorial Park. The family will be at 5064 Holly Farm Drive, Virginia Beach. Community Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.

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