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

DATE: Wednesday, July 17, 1996              TAG: 9607170291
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   15 lines

JOSEPH R. DOUTHAT JR.

Joseph Randolph Douthat Jr., 53, died July 15, 1996, in DePaul Hospital.

Mr. Douthat's survivors include his wife, Virginia Diana; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randolph Douthat Sr.; a sister, Victoria A. Thomas of Plano, Texas; two brothers, Michael L. Douthat of Norfolk and James Lewis Douthat of Dallas, Texas; and one nephew, Robert F. Brothers of Norfolk.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday in Christ United Methodist Church, 1601 Bayview Blvd., in Norfolk.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB