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

DATE: Tuesday, August 13, 1996              TAG: 9608130234
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ELLA MAE G. BRINKLEY

Ella Mae Grandison Brinkley, 71, died Aug. 9, 1996, in Maryview Hospital. She was native of Isle of Wight County.

Survivors include her husband, Maxie Brinkley; three sisters, Bernice Minter of Virginia Beach, Queen Tynes and Earnestine Shivers, both of Portsmouth; two brothers, Joseph Grandison of Portsmouth and Herbert Grandison of Norfolk.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Christian Home Baptist Church by the Rev. Wendell Walker. Burial will be in Pittman Family Cemetery, Windsor. The body will be at the church 12:30 Thursday. The family will be at 901 Danbridge Drive, Portsmouth. Visitation at Tynes-Edwards & Shivers Funeral Home will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB