The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, October 12, 1994            TAG: 9410120391
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

MASIE B. HOLBROOK

Masie Johnston Bottoms Holbrook, 88, died Monday, Oct. 10, 1994, in Virginia Beach.

Mrs. Holbrook was born in Loris, S.C., and was a resident of Norfolk for 60 years before moving to Virginia Beach. She was the widow of Lawrence L. Holbrook. She was a welder in the Naval Shipyard during World War II and was a former beautician and owner of Ocean Air Beauty Shop.

She was predeceased by a daughter, Mary Francis Hoosack and a son, Charles L. Bottoms, who died in World War II. She is survived by a beloved daughter, Betty Joanne Bottoms McCandless and a son-in-law, Bill McCandless of Virginia Beach; four grandchildren, Carl Hoosack and Charles Hoosack, both of Norfolk, Donna Ittner of Virginia Beach, and Claudia Lacey of Marietta, Ga.; eight great-grandchildren; and her beloved cat, Susie.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Saturday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Neck Chapel, by the Rev. Joseph French. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and at other times at 1221 North Lakeside Drive, Virginia Beach. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Institute of Health.

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