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                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Friday, January 26, 1996               TAG: 9601260475
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

MARGARET A. BREWER

Margaret Ashbury Brewer, 85, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1996.

She was a native of Portsmouth and the widow of Harvey L. Brewer Sr. She was retired from the Naval Pharmacy drugstore where she worked as both manager and clerk for 35 years. She was a member of Western Branch Baptist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Sallie B. Dellinger of Portsmouth; a son, Harvey L. Brewer Jr. of Fredericksburg; a sister, Evelyn Dobson of South Carolina; a brother, the Rev. Morris Ashbury of Frederick, Md.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Olive Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Paige Young. The family will be at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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