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

DATE: Sunday, October 20, 1996              TAG: 9610200016
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HAGUE, VA.                        LENGTH:   23 lines

MARY V. GILLESPIE

On Thursday, Oct. 17, 1996, our hearts were saddened by the passing of our loved one, wife and mother, Mary Virginia Gillespie, 53, of Route 612. Mary departed this life at MCV Hospital and was a native of Norfolk.

She leaves to cherish her memory a husband, Larry Blane Gillespie, a native of Norfolk; a son, Richard Blane Gillespie of Hague; three daughters, Mary Catherine Hinchee of Virginia Beach, Sandra Dee Caricofe of Haynesville, Va., Loretta Lynn Rose of Heathsville, Va.; two sisters, Carrie Elizabeth Groff and Shirley Gaddy, both of Virginia Beach; seven loving grandchildren, Christopher, September, David, Justin, Stoney, Michael and Barrett Baby (1997).

Family will be residing at the residence of Mary ``Catherine'' Hinchee in Virginia Beach. The family will receive friends in Kellum Funeral Home, Rosewood Chapel, 601 N. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, on Monday, Oct. 21, 1996, from 6 to 8 p.m. A chapel service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB