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

DATE: Tuesday, July 30, 1996                TAG: 9607300209
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   14 lines

JOHN D. PALMER

John Don ``Pete'' Palmer, 73, of the 300 block of Whitehead St., died July 28, 1996, in Norfolk Community Hospital. He was the widower of Lillie Palmer.

Survivors include two daughters, Michelle McDowell of Norfolk, Sherry Myers of Chesapeake; a sister, Helen Peters of Washington, D.C.; and a host of relatives and friends.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Graves Funeral Home Chapel.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB