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

DATE: Friday, October 6, 1995                TAG: 9510060460
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

EDNA H. LEWIS

Edna Horne Lewis, 84, formerly of Portsmouth, died Oct. 4, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Lewis, the widow of Staley L. Lewis, was a native of Southampton County, Va. She was a member of Cradock Baptist Church and its Euzelian Sunday School Class.

Survivors include two daughters, Martha A. Pilant of Chesapeake, Lois Chappell of Portsmouth; one son, Robert L. Lewis of Harvey, La.; one sister, Nannie Lucille Davis of Sedley, Va.; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Cradock Baptist Church by Dr. David R. Denny. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters, Va., at 3 p.m. The family will receive friends at the Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB