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"I've never felt the love that my grandmother and mother gave me. That's a love that was unconditional."
Celestine Chaney, 65
"I've never felt the love that my grandmother and mother gave me. That's a love that was unconditional."
Celestine Chaney, 65, was a mother and grandmother of six. "My mom was in my corner for whatever, for better or worse," Wayne Jones, Chaney's only child, told ABC News in a recent interview. Jones said his mother, who had survived breast cancer and two brain aneurysms, was killed while shopping for ingredients to make strawberry shortcake.
He said a cherished childhood memory was going with her to the store on the first of every month to buy everything needed for her favorite dessert. "We were poor, so we got food stamps. That was probably the only time we could afford strawberry shortcake," he said. "It's ironic she would die at Tops trying to get that same dish. It's just senseless." He said he will always remember his mother for her deep love for him. "I've never felt the love that my grandmother and mother gave me," Jones said. "That's a love that was unconditional."
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