The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, March 29, 1995              TAG: 9503290390
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

JOSEPHINE M. CRAWFORD

Josephine Mary Crawford, 84, of the 200 block of Air Station Drive, died March 24, 1995, in a Portland, Maine, hospital after a long illness.

She was born in South Portland, Maine, a daughter of Nicholas and Rose Borello Romano and was educated in the South Portland Schools. She was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting and gardening. Mrs. Crawford was the widow of Philip C. ``P.C.'' Crawford who died in February of 1995, and was predeceased by one son, Ronald Crawford in 1981.

She is survived by one brother, Samuel Romano of Maine; two sisters, Dorothy Cassidy and Grace Anderson of Maine; and one grandson, Craig Crawford of Big Stone Gap, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Princess Anne Memorial Park, Chapel in the Pines. Kellum Funeral Home, Bonney Road Chapel, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB