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

DATE: Friday, March 8, 1996                  TAG: 9603080510
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

EDWARD M. DAWSON

Edward Marco Dawson, 89, died Wednesday, March 6, 1996, at 4142 Bonney Road.

He was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and he had lived here nine years. He retired in 1978 after 25 years as a Cruise Director. He was a Catholic.

He is survived by a daughter, Marie Lewis of Texas; two sons, Marco J. Furino of Virginia Beach and Frank M. Furino of Bayside, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Galilee Episcopal Church Memorial Columbarium, 40th and Pacific Ave., by Father William V. Sullivan. Maestas Funeral Home, Baltic Ave. Chapel, is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB