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

DATE: Thursday, January 25, 1996             TAG: 9601250365
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

MARY J. HALL

Mary Jane Hall, 78, of the 3700 block of Riverside Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1996, in a local hosptial.

She was a native of Norfolk and the widow of James W. Hall. She was a member of Squires Memorial Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her brother, Roger Buck Bowen Sr., and wife, Marion Bell Bowen of Norfolk; sister-in-law, Frances Hall of Moyock, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Annie Daley Fentress and John Daley.

A funeral serivce will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday by the Rev. Susan H. Cothran in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel. Burial is in Riverside Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB