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

DATE: Tuesday, January 21, 1997             TAG: 9701210172
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   19 lines

MARGARET H. COSTEN

Margaret Holland Costen, 84, of the 9600 block of Third Bay St. died Jan. 20, 1997.

A retired secretary for Winn Nursery, Mrs. Costen was a Norfolk native and the widow of Clyde Allen Costen.

Survivors include her daughter, Beverly Boyce Phifer of Spring, Texas; son, Ronald L. Boyce of Norfolk; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two cousins, Marcella Oliver Powell of Norfolk and Steven Carnes of Suffolk.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. James A. Dunlap. Family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and also at 9621 Third Bay St., Norfolk.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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