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

DATE: Tuesday, February 27, 1996             TAG: 9602270230
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: WAKEFIELD                          LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

ETTA HANCOCK

Miss Etta Hancock, 103, died Monday, Feb. 26, 1996.

Born in Dinwiddie County on May 27, 1892, she belonged to the Wakefield Congregational Christian Church.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB