DATE: Sunday, May 18, 1997                  TAG: 9705190222

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   28 lines

MILDRED S. SIMPSON

Mildred Staylor Simpson, 88, of the 7000 block of Suburban Arch died May 16, 1997, in her residence.

An employee of the Aluminum Awning Co. of Norfolk, she was a Norfolk native and the widow of Roland I. Simpson Sr. She was a past president of Credit Women's International from 1975-76. She was past president of the Doll Club of Norfolk and had her real estate license in Virginia. She was also a licensed beautician in Norfolk as well as aboard a cruise ship.

Survivors include his daughter, Mildred ``Kitty'' Edney of Palm City, Fla.; two sons, Edward Swann of Deer Park, Texas, and Roland I. Simpson Jr. of Norfolk; sister, Helen McCabe of Norfolk; seven grandchildren, Eddie, Shonita, Scott, Keitha, Carol, Brian and Russell; and numerous great-grandchildren.

She was the daughter of the late Claude and Emma Staylor and was predeceased by a grandson, Galen Edney Jr.; brothers, Claude Staylor, who was a former police chief and city councilman in Norfolk, and John (Jack) Staylor, who was the owner of Staylor Oil, Norfolk.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Forest Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. William Amon. The family will receive friends in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, from 4 to 6 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude's. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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