Photo courtesy of R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home - Hampton
Hampton, Virginia
Oct 25, 1936 – Apr 11, 2025
Shirley Temple Cromer, 88, died Friday, April 11, 2025. Born in Craig County, Virginia to Bernie and Rhodelice Huffman, she had been a Hampton resident since 1955. She was a very active member of Pine Chapel Baptist Church. Shirley loved her family very much.
Preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Bobby and Richard Huffman; survivors include her husband of 69 years, Ernest H. Cromer, Sr.; her children, Victoria L. Flynn and husband, Denis, Susan K. West, and Ernest H. Cromer, Jr. and his wife, Michele; four grandchildren, William L. West, III and his wife, Crystal, Brittany Elizabeth Cromer and her partner, Shawn, Kaitlyn L. Graham and her husband, Andy, and Joshua Shane Cromer; three great-grandchildren, Jaxson Cromer, and Carson A. and Hunter R. Graham; three step-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; and a step great-great granddaughter.
The family will receive friends from 5-7pm, Thursday, April 17, 2025, at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home. A funeral service will be conducted at 1:30 PM, Friday, April 18, 2025, at Pine Chapel Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Park.
Read MoreSuch a kind, funny, wonderful lady...her laugh and pearls of wisdom will be missed. I know she is now with Jesus.
Becky West
April 17, 2025 | Port Haywood, VA | Friend
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Brenda Williams
April 14, 2025 | Hampton, VA | Friend
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Brenda Williams
April 14, 2025 | Hampton, VA | Friend
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
Brenda Williams
April 14, 2025 | Hampton, VA | Friend
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Brenda Williams
April 14, 2025 | Hampton, VA | Friend
In loving memory of a beautiful soul,that will be missed forever, may the love of friends, family and prayers keep you all strong. I'm so sorry for loss.
Elsie Kenney
April 14, 2025 | Hampton, VA | Friend
Susan, I am so sorry to hear of your moms passing. I am thinking of you and keeping you in my prayers. Glenda
Glenda Covington
April 14, 2025 | Williamsburg, VA
What an amazing lady. Loved sitting and talking with her at many of the family events. She definitely will be missed. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Chuck and Susan Graham
April 14, 2025 | Carrollton, VA | Friend
To my Hampton family I want you to know that you are in my thoughts and prayers!! I pray for God’s Grace for the days to come. I know that she was greeted by so many loved ones
Sheila Hypes
April 14, 2025 | New Castle | Family