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

DATE: Wednesday, April 10, 1996              TAG: 9604100335
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

EDNA H. BEALE

Edna Holt Beale, 77, of the 1200 block of Foursome Lane, died April 9, 1996.

Mrs. Beale, the widow of Willis Vinson Beale, was a retired data processor from the Naval Supply Center. She was a native of Norfolk and a member of Zion Grace United Methodist Church, Norfolk.

Survivors include a daughter, Beverly B. Lynch of Virginia Beach; a son, Willis V. Beale of McLean, Va.; two brothers, Leslie E. Holt of Mobjack, Va., Alvin H. Holt of Norfolk; four grandchildren, John C. Lynch of Raleigh, N.C., Suzanne S. Lynch of Virginia Beach, Mary Vinson Beale of Atlanta, and Sarah C. Beale of Vienna, Va.; and two great-grandchildren, Flannery and Riley Lynch of Raleigh.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. Charles W. Hubbard Jr. The family will be at Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the home of Beverly Lynch, 2304 Wood Beach Landing, Virginia Beach. Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 101 W. Plume St., Norfolk, Va. 23514.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB