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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, September 15, 1996            TAG: 9609150018
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: MATHEWS                           LENGTH:   21 lines

AXIE B. DIGGS

Axie Brockett ``Toots'' Diggs, 87, of Cape Coral, Fla., died Thursday Sept. 12, 1996.

A native of Norfolk, she moved to Florida in 1940 and resided in Cape Coral for the past 16 years. She was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church, Cape Coral.

Survivors include her husband, George C. Diggs Sr.; a daughter, Sandra Johnson of Fort Myers, Fla.; two sons, George C. Diggs Jr. of Cape Coral, Barry B. Diggs of Atlanta, Ga.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews. Burial will follow in Milford Cemetery, Moon, Va. Memorials may be made to the Salem United Methodist Church, c/o Carolyn Hudgins, Box 511, Mathews, Va. 23104, or to the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad, Mathews, Va. 23109.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB