The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 12, 1997              TAG: 9701120002
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   19 lines

BESSIE M. CHAPLIN

Bessie Matthews Chaplin, 84, died Jan. 9, 1997, in Virginia Beach.

A native of Norfolk County, she was the widow of Richard Chaplin and a member of Norview Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her son, Robert Lambert of Chesapeake; a stepson, Warren Chaplin of Gainsville, Fla.; a brother, William Mathews of Miami Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren, Wes Lambert of Nags Head, N.C., Cindy Birsinger of Richmond, Bryan Lambert of Chesapeake; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, by Dr. Vernon Murray. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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