Irma J. Hastings, 77, of Laurel, died Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Seaford Center Genesis HealthCare, surrounded by her loving family. She was born February 19, 1932 in Delmar, a daughter of the late Arthur M. and Helen Mae (Hearn) Williams. Irma worked as a seamstress for the Excelsor Shirt Factory in Salisbury and Snow Hill for many years before working part time for Peninsula Dry Cleaners in Salisbury and Fox's Dry Cleaners in Seaford. She previously attended Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Laurel. She also worked hard as a homemaker and loved taking care of her landscaping and her home. She cherished times spent with family and enjoyed trips with her late husband to Williamsburg and Amish Country in Pennsylvania. She is survived by a daughter, Joan Davis and her husband Sammy of Laurel; three sons, Ricky Hastings and his wife Becky, Lee Hastings and his wife Terri and Gary Hastings, all of Laurel; six grandchildren, Donnie Lee Grant and his wife Sharon, Chad Hastings and his wife Heather, Jennifer Lynn Hastings, Sammi Jo Davis, Eric Lee Hastings and Kyle Nicholas Hastings; five great grandchildren, Dominic, Jetta, Breann, Rodney and Crystal; and a sister, Barbara Ann Crockett and her husband, Paige of Laurel. She is also survived by her pride and joy, her pug "Bubbles". In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57 years, James Alton Hastings, who passed in 2006; and a granddaughter, Britney Morgan Hastings, who passed in 2004. A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 10, 2009 at 12:00 noon at the Short Funeral Home, 13 E. Grove Street, Delmar, where family and friends may call from 11:00 to 12:00. Interment will follow in Charity Church Cemetery in Salisbury. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com.