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Shirley Jones Elam
08/11/1947 - 07/08/2025
BORN
08/11/1947
DIED
07/08/2025
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Shirley Elam Obituary
A visitation will be held at Antioch Baptist Church, 6531 Little Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 on Tuesday July 22, 2025 from 10 a.m. until time of service at 10:45 a.m. Interment Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle VA. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Shirley's memory may be made to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition at [email protected]. Please view and sign the family guestbook at
www.mountcastle.net
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