Helen Ruth Owen Shirley's Obituary
Helen Ruth Owen Shirley passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 one month shy of her 99th birthday. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
She is survived by her three children, Jan Shirley Keyes and husband Ed, Buddy Shirley and wife Carol, and John Shirley, Sr. and wife Debbie; her 9 grandchildren-David Keyes and wife Ellen, Barton Shirley and wife Melissa, Marci Keyes Shirley and husband Derrick, Kelly Shirley and Marcus Plant, John Shirley, Jr., Holly Shirley Little and husband Mark, Callie Shirley Gilkison and husband Ed, Sarah Shirley King and husband Justin, and Ben Shirley; twenty-three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Stewart Shirley, Sr.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA from 9:30 am until the funeral service, which begins at 11:30 am. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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