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

DATE: Monday, April 1, 1996                  TAG: 9604010045
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

VIRGINIA P. BURDEN

Virginia Perry Burden, 70, of the 400 block of Elizabeth St., died March 31, 1996, in her residence.

A native of Hertford County, N.C., she was a member of First Baptist Church, Suffolk, and the Eunice Bible Class. She retired from Planters Lifesavers Co. after 34 years.

Survivors include her husband, Arthur Burden; two sons, Danny R. Burden and daughter-in-law, Jacquelyn B. Burden and Jimmy L. Burden and daughter-in-law, Marion E. Burden, all of Suffolk; three sisters, Ruth Lassiter of Ahoskie, N.C., Annie Phelps of Portsmouth and Dianne Futrell of Murfreesboro, N.C.; two brothers, Charlie V. Perry of Harrellsville, N.C., and Henry Perry of South Boston, Va.; and grandchildren, Buddy Burden of Fairfax, Va., Christine Burden, Cathy B. Adickes and Chip Burden, all of Suffolk. She was predeceased by her parents, Manzella Whitley and Edgar R. Perry.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Charles W. Thompson. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and other times at the residence, 410 Elizabeth St.

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