Congratulations to Helen Crews

Mary Nunnally plans to have a cake at the VAD Mini-Conference
during Saturday lunch to celebrate Mazie's 80 years.

	Upon discovery of her hearing loss, Mazie initially was enrolled in a class for the hard of hearing in Lynchburg. She claimed that her hearing loss was due to "ear rising" as an infant. Then she went to the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Mazie on the VSDB playing field. She excelled in girl's basketball at VSDB for 4 years. She also was on the Pep Squad for two years. She learned cosmetology as a trade.
	Mazie Hellen Smith and Oma Crews in front of the Main Hall at VSDB on the Graduation Day in 1949.
Graduation picture, June 1949.
	Mazie fell in love with Oma Crews and married him on November 26, 1949.
Mazie and her three children, Mary, John, and Jerry.
	Mazie Hellen Smith Crews was selected as the Deaf Mother of the Year in 1983. From left: Mary Crews Nunnally holding baby Madeline, Oma, Mazie, and Doug Nunnally.
Mazie Hellen Smith Crews, May 20, 1997.