On 16 April 1983, Edward Morris Brizendine died at VA Medical Center, 1970 Roanoke Boulevard, Salem, Virginia. He was male; white; 72; born 26 August 1910; was in the armed forces; an inpatient; a resident of Center Cross, Essex County, Virginia 22437; father was Phillip Cole Brizendine; mother was Eva S. Harmon; citizen of U.S.A.; born in Virginia; never married; occupation waterman in seafood industry; informant family records; cause of death arteriosclerotic heart disease; no autopsy; burial at Lebanon United Methodist Church, Upright, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 83-013908.]