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DATE: SUNDAY, June 26, 1994                    TAG: 9406260005 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: VIRGINIA BEACH 
DATELINE: 940626                                 LENGTH: Short 

MARY H. SIMMS

{LEAD} Mary Helen Simms, 71, of the 1400 block of Shelton Road, a homemaker, died June 25, 1994, in a local hospital.

Mrs. Simms was born in Buena Vista, Va. She was a Protestant and the widow of Leeson Simms.

{REST} Survivors include a son, Gary Chittum of Virginia Beach; a sister, Virginia Ramsey of Buena Vista, Va.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews, including Bobby Allen of Virginia Beach.

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorial donations may be made to the Virginia Chapter of the American Cancer Society.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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