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

DATE: Monday, January 22, 1996               TAG: 9601220013
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

CURTIS L. BENTLEY

Curtis L. Bentley died Jan. 21, 1996, at his home.

He is survived by his wife, Hazel; a son, Curtis Harold Bentley; a daughter, Karen Bentley Ward, and two grandchildren, Krist Ann Bentley and John Stephen Ward Jr. He is also survived by his mother, two brothers and four sisters, all of Big Stone Gap, Va.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Princess Anne Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, by the Rev. Tommy J. Taylor. Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Avenue Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB