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

DATE: Friday, September 20, 1996            TAG: 9609200509
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   20 lines

MARY S. TISDALE

Mary Sudie Tisdale, 82, of the 1600 block of Ohio St., died Sept. 19, 1996, at Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital.

She was the widow of Thomas E. Tisdale Sr. A retired self-employed grocery store owner, Mrs. Tisdale was a native of Camden County, N.C. She was preceded in death by two sons, Richard Melvin Tisdale and Charles Ray Tisdale.

Survivors include a daughter, Earlene T. Cox of Chesapeake; a son, Thomas E. Tisdale Jr. of Chesapeake; a sister, Bertha Eastwood of Norfolk; brothers, Edward Morgan and Joe Morgan, both of Portsmouth; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Rosewood Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, by the Rev. Keith Lewis. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Francis A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel.

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