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

DATE: Thursday, February 8, 1996             TAG: 9602080342
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

SAMUEL E. BUXTON JR.

Dr. Samuel E. Buxton Jr., 80, died Feb. 5, 1996.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Monumental United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 4 to 6 p.m. at Foster Funeral Home, High Street.

The family request that, in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Endowment Fund of Monumental Church, or to Portsmouth General Hospital.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB