Beulah Mable Short

Beulah Mable (Vance) Short of Mooresville, Indiana, went to be with the Lord on January 27, 2013. She was born on August 6, 1918, in Daw, Virginia, spending her early days in the Honaker and Richlands, Virginia areas. She moved with her husband and family to Indiana in 1951, eventually settling in the Mooresville area, where she lived the rest of her life. She worked at the Beveridge (Scott) Paper Company in Indianapolis for 30 years, retiring in February of 1986. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church of Mill Creek, Virginia; although she attended many Primitive Baptist congregations throughout Indiana, she maintained her membership there. She developed a love for photography in her early teens, and it remained her passion the rest of her life. She taught her children honesty and survival, and she will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Short in 1961; her parents, Henry P. Vance and Priscilla (Miller) Vance; brothers, Jacob Carl Vance of Portsmouth, Virginia, Clarence Howard Vance of Richlands, Virginia, Paul Phillip Vance of Bangor, Maine, William Martin Vance of Franklin, Indiana; sisters, Virginia Odell Shields of Indianapolis, Indiana, Gladys F. Grimm of Ghent, New York, Priscilla Hazel Schmidt of Indianapolis; son-in-law, Herald Dean Johnson of Bonita Springs, Florida; daughter-in-law, Lela Fern Short of Mooresville, Indiana; son-in-law, Roy J. “Bud” Rairden of Martinsville, Indiana.

She is survived by her five children, Lawrence J. Short, Jr. of Mooresville, Dollie M. Johnson of Bonita Springs, Florida, Ida O. (Ron) Naum of Ellenton, Florida, Eva Joan Rairden of Martinsville, Indiana, and Billy Gene (Carol) Short of Martinsville, Indiana; ten grandchildren, Randy Gino (Wendy) Johnson, Brett T. (Susie) Naum, Vince Naum, Roy J. Rairden, Jr., Tony Rairden, Paula (Jeff) Rigsby, Kenneth Short (Betsy), Luke Short (Amanda), Richard Short, Danny Short (Suzanne); 15 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one brother, Guy Thurston Vance (Darla) of Martinsville; sister-in-law, Phyllis Vance of Richlands, Virginia; many nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will begin at 1 p.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2013, in the Carlisle – Branson Funeral Service & Crematory, Mooresville, with calling there from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Interment will be in the Mooresville Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest by her beloved husband. Visit www.carlislebranson.com to share a favorite memory or to sign the online guest registry.