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

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 1996             TAG: 9601110296
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NAPLES, FLA.                       LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

B.J. BATTON

B.J. Batton, 75 formerly of Woodstock Road, Virginia Beach, died Dec. 28, 1995, in a Naples hospital.

Mr. Batton was retired from the Atlantic Container Lines Company of Norfolk.

Survivors includes two brothers, Harold L. ``Mike'' Batton of Virginia Beach, and Raymond E. ``Gene'' Batton of Cofield, N.C.; one sister, Sybil L. Eason of Clayton, N.C.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB