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

DATE: Thursday, March 14, 1996               TAG: 9603140278
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B11  EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: DRAKES BRANCH                      LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

IRVIN C. CURTIS

Mr. Irvin Chapman Curtis, 77, of Drakes Branch, died Tuesday, March 12, 1996.

He is survived by his wife, Jane W. Curtis; daughter, Barbara C. Clark of Grandy, N.C.; son, Wayne C. Curtis of Chesapeake; four grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy C. Parkerson of La Messa, Calif.; and brother, Samuel C. Curtis of Chesapeake.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from the Browning Funeral Home, Keysville, Va. with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB