The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Friday, July 7, 1995                   TAG: 9507070284
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

EDNA P. FRANCE

Edna Pearl France, 80, of the 3900 block of Llewelyn Ave., died July 5, 1995, in her home.

She was a native of Allegheny County, Va., and was the widow of George Bradley France.

Survivors include two sons, Lewis Eugene Persinger of Lothian, Md., and Richard Lee Persinger of Merritt Island, Fla.; one granddaughter, Cathy Stoughton of Virginia Beach; and numerous other relatives.

The graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Colonial Grove Memorial Park by the Rev. Larry Lenon. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB