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DATE: Saturday, October 26, 1996            TAG: 9610260169
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   24 lines

RUBY T. NELMS

Ruby T. Nelms, 86, formerly of the 1500 block of Freeman Ave., died Oct. 24, 1996, in Norfolk.

Born in Suffolk, she was the widow of Linwood L. Nelms Sr. She was a manager of the dress department of W.T. Grant Co. Mrs. Nelms was a member of Raleigh Heights Baptist Church, Chesapeake, participating in the Helpful Club, Hallellujah Singers, senior choir of the church. She was also a member of Chesapeake First Senior Citizens Club.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Linwood L. and Nora C. Nelms Jr.; two grandchildren, Jennifer Nelms Seymour and Linwood Christopher Nelms, both of Virginia Beach; and a great-grandchild, Alexander Ryan Seymour of Virginia Beach.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Penny L. Wilson Jr. and the Rev. Henry V. Napier. Burial will be in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Chuckatuck. The family will receive friends at 1312 Forest Point Drive, Bayberry Place, Chesapeake.

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