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Selma Crain Obituary

Selma Inez Crain CHESAPEAKE - Selma Inez Crain, 89, was called home to be with the Lord Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. She was a native of Pound, Va. She had lived in Chesapeake for 51 years. She worked for the Chesapeake Public Schools. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her son, Leonard V. Short; her parents, Andrew and Gertrude Mullins; four brothers and one sister. She is survived by three daughters, Joan DePriest and Glenda Moseley of Chesapeake, June Harris of Falls Church, Va.; and one son, Larry Shortt of Chesapeake; two sisters, Betty Rheinbolt of Mount Carmel, Tenn., and Theda Dingus of Zanesville, Ohio; 18 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted Sunday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, 524 Cedar Road, Chesapeake. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today, Nov. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.

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Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Nov. 6, 2010.

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Marsha Spicer

November 8, 2010

Joan, Glenda, Larry and June...you all are in our thoughts and prayers. I am so glad I got to see granny before she passed away. We love you!

Christy Eckert

November 7, 2010

I love you and miss you Granny. I know you are in Heaven and enjoying your time with your son. Please continue to look down on us

Debbie Upton

November 6, 2010

Joan
So sorry for your lost. My thought and prayers are with you.

diane short

November 6, 2010

you were loved by so many, granny. i'll never forget the time you spent in my life. you were always loving and giving to everyone you were around. you're with daddy now, you can look out for each other and look down and guide all the family in the way that is right. love you always and forever....

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