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DATE: Wednesday, January 8, 1997            TAG: 9701080305
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   24 lines

MARY D. EXUM

Mary Davis Exum, 57, of the 3100 block of Camelot Blvd. died Jan. 5, 1997, in Leigh Memorial Hospital.

A teacher for Norfolk City Schools, she retired 15 years ago after 20 years of service. She was a native of Williamston, N.C., and a member of Queen Street Baptist Church, Norfolk. She was a Bible school teacher and church treasurer. She was a member of Mount Herman Chapter No. 19 Order of the Eastern Star, Peach Blossom Lodge.

Survivors include her husband, Eddie Wade Exum; two daughters, Edwina Yvette Copeland and Maria Denise Mullen, both of Chesapeake; sister, Shirley M. Brown of Norfolk; grandchildren, Brena Exum, Jamika Mullen, Derrell Copeland and LaShae Mullen, all of Chesapeake; and a host of other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Sophie G. Davis and Leroy Davis.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Queen Street Baptist Church, Norfolk, by the Rev. Peter Wherry. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Portsmouth. Hale Funeral Home is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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