The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 15, 1995              TAG: 9503150390
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

GEORGE E. BEAR

George Emanuel Bear, 82, of the 8400 block of Benningfield Ct., died Mar. 13, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

He was retired from Tidewater Steel Co. and was Baptist. He was predeceased by a brother, Harry Newman Bear.

Survivors include two sisters, Florence McNamara of Norfolk and Jeannette B. Carty of Norfolk; five nephews and two nieces.

The graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. John F. Carty, a nephew of the deceased. The family will receive friends at Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB