DATE: Wednesday, October 8, 1997            TAG: 9710080415

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   26 lines

SIDNEY L. LAWRENCE

Sidney Lee Lawrence, 78, of the 3100 Shore Drive, died Oct. 6, 1997, at his home.

A native of Norfolk, he moved to Virginia Beach upon his retirement from the Department of Navy as supervisor of shipbuilding, 5th Naval District. He was a member and Elder of Bayside Presbyterian Church and Doric Masonic Lodge No. 44.

Survivors include his wife, Jane McConville Lawrence; three brothers, Joseph Maxwell Lawrence II and his wife, Rubye, of Virginia Beach, John Garrison Lawrence and his wife, Mary Ann, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Robert N. Lawrence of Norfolk; as well as three nieces and three nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bayside Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Dr. Richard J. Keever. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Garden, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Bayside Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund, 1400 Ewell Road, Virginia Beach, Va. 23455, or Westminster Canterbury Foundation, 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Va. 23451. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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