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

DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 1996           TAG: 9610230358
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   16 lines

NORMA L. EDMONDS

Norma Lawson Edmonds, 76, of the 200 block of Edison Ave., died Oct. 20, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

A native of Portsmouth, she was the widow of John Burton Edmonds III. She was a past minister of music at Court Street Baptist Church, Portsmouth.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Luke's Cemetery, Isle of Wight County, Va., by the Rev. Fred Bates. Snellings Funeral Home, George Washington Highway Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB