The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 1997             TAG: 9701140184
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   18 lines

MARGARET E. LEIGH

Margaret Evelyn Leigh, 86, of the 2300 block of Wintergreen Drive, died Jan. 13, 1997, in a Portsmouth nursing home.

The widow of Fred Eugene Leigh, she was a member of Westhaven Park Church of God, Portsmouth, and a native of Arkansas.

Survivors include two daughters, Stella M. Eddins of Chesapeake, Evelyn Schmeiser of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Roy Leigh of Fairbanks, Alaska; 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Westhaven Park Church of God by the Rev. Frank Allen. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Loving Funeral Home, Churchland.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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