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

DATE: Sunday, February 11, 1996              TAG: 9602110012
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   15 lines

MELVIN BRITTON JR.

Deacon Melvin Britton Jr., of the 400 block of Birmingham Ave., died Feb. 2, 1996. A funeral will be at United House of Prayer, New York, today at 4 p.m. Metropolitan Funeral Service in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB