THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Saturday, May 18, 1996 TAG: 9605180245 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
Martha Lee Wright Brown, 74, of Cedar Road, died May 16, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.
She was a native of Norfolk and the widow of James W. Brown Jr. Mrs. Brown attended Grassfield Baptist Church and was a member of the American Rabbit Breeders Association and the Tidewater Rabbit Breeders Association.
She is survived by a daughter, Peggy B. Martin Williams of Portsmouth; and a brother, Charles Thomas Wright of Las Vegas; three grandchildren, Dennis Martin, Shirley Stinson, and Martha Jordan; and a great-grandchild, Joseph Scott Jordan. She was predeceased by a sister, Pearl Edwards.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Richard Mallory. Burial is in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and other times at 97 Aylwin Road, Portsmouth.
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