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DATE: Sunday, December 24, 1995              TAG: 9512240187
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

GIRLIE SHIRES

Girlie Willard Shires, 69, of Chesapeake, died Dec. 22, 1995, in Chesapeake.

Mrs. Shires was born in Gastonia, N.C.

Survivors include her husband, Clarence J. Shires; five daughters, Elizabeth Ann Couch of Gatesville, N.C., Phyllis D. Massengill of Norfolk, Charlene Shockley of Chesapeake, Barbara Mann of Virginia Beach, and Glenda Kay Nakamura of Bonita, Calif.; two sons, Clarence Shires Jr. of Chesapeake and Charlie James Shires of Virginia Beach; twin sister, Pearlie Lane of Gastonia, N.C.; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted Wednesday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Mitchell L. Harrison in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will be at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

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