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

DATE: Sunday, October 6, 1996               TAG: 9610060025
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: MERRY HILL                        LENGTH:   19 lines

BELVA P. LAWRENCE

Belva Perry Lawrence, 82, died Oct. 4, 1996.

A native of Bertie County, Mrs. Lawrence was a daughter of the late George and Mattie Perry and the wife of the late Andrew J. ``A.J.'' Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence was a member of Merry Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Nancy L. Briley of Edenton and Jane Lawrence of Greenville, S.C.; and a son, Jack Lawrence of Edenton; two sisters, Mattie V. Smithwick of Windsor and Ruth Phelps of Ahoskie; a brother, Cecil Perry of Windsor; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in Edgewood Cemetery, Windsor. The family will be at the residence of Ray and Nancy Briley, 212 Shannonhouse Road, Edenton. Evans Funeral Home, Edenton, is in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB