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

DATE: Friday, February 21, 1997             TAG: 9702210779
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PETERSBURG                        LENGTH:   11 lines

RUTH E. DOWLING

Ruth Estelle Dowling, 77, died Feb. 19, 1997. A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in E. Alvin Small Funeral Home Chapel, Colonial Heights, Va.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY