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

DATE: Monday, April 8, 1996                  TAG: 9604080012
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

EDDIE M. FERRIS

Eddie M. Ferris, 88, died April 7, 1996, in a Chesapeake nursing center.

Mrs. Ferris was born in Asheville, N.C., and was the widow of Joseph Kenneth Ferris. She was a member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church in Norfolk.

Survivors include four sons, Kenneth H. Ferris and Robert W. Ferris, both of Norfolk, Chesley A. Ferris of Virginia Beach and Leonard E. Ferris of Leonardtown, Md.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, by the Rev. Larry C. Miles. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial donations may may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Hampton Roads Chapter (NU)20, The Koger Center, Suite 233, Norfolk, Va. 23502.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB