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

DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1996           TAG: 9609100222
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   20 lines

ROBERT B. HART SR.

Robert Bryant Hart Sr., 75, died Sept. 9, 1996, in his residence.

Born in Oxford, N.C., he retired from AT&T after 43 years of service. He was a member of Freemason Street Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Simpson Hart; a son, Edward D. Hart of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Emelyn Tillery of Suffolk, Mamie Forbes of Boykins, Va.; a grandson, Jeremy Hart of Virginia Beach. He was predeceased by a daughter and a son, Diane H. Galanides and Robert B. Hart Jr.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Donald J. Dunlap in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Freemason Street Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1739, Norfolk, Va. 23501.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB