The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 19, 1996              TAG: 9602190004
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

LILLIAN A. ATKINS

Lillian Anna Atkins, 84, formerly of Portsmouth, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

Mrs. Atkins, a native of Annapolis, Md., was the widow of John Wesley Atkins.

Survivors include a daughter, Eleanor Mae Edwards of Herrin, Ill.; three sons, James L. Atkins of Santa Rosa, Calif., Linwood A. Atkins Sr. of Norfolk and Louis P. Atkins of Petersburg, Va.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Phillip Wesley Atkins.

A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. today in Olive Branch Cemetery. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB