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

DATE: Sunday, May 26, 1996                  TAG: 9605260039
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   21 lines

MARY E. GIVENS

Mary Emerson Givens, 73, of the 300 block of Malibu Drive, died May 23, 1996.

Mrs. Givens, the widow of John E. Givens, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was a member of Church of the Holy Family. She loved animals and crocheting.

Survivors include a grandson and his wife, William and Karen Emerson of Virginia Beach; three great-grandchildren, Deniesha, Paris, and William II; a god daughter, Christine Austin and her children, Camelsha, Jermy and Christian; three nephews, James Woodfolk, Richard Woodfolk, and Woodrow Woodfolk, all of Charlottesville. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Roberta Maxine Emerson of Charlottesville.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel. Burial will be in Colonial Grove Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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