Mrs. Shirley Lynette Temple

Funeral Service for Mrs. Shirley Lynette Temple, 69, will be held Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 11:00AM. At Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL. Rev. Roger Holtzclaw officiating. Burial will be held in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Sylacauga, AL. Visitation will be held Friday, December 7, 2018 1pm to 8pm at Community Funeral Home. Musical Celebration Concert honoring Mrs. Shirley Temple will be held Friday, December 7, 2016 at 6:00PM at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL. Mrs. Temple departed this walk of life on December 2, 2018 at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL. Mrs. Temple was a very skillful and anointed musician. She used her gift to bless many churches, gospel groups and soloist. In her younger days, she was a part of the "Harvey Soul Stivers". She opened up concerts for Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and The William Brothers and a few others. She shared her talent with some of the area churches, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL; Tallassahatie Baptist Church, Childersburg, AL; Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL; Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Talladega, AL; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL; G.A.P Fellowship, Kings Chapel, Talladega, AL; Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Talladega, AL; Harperspring Missionary Baptist Church, Sylacauga, AL and many more. Mrs. Temple had a great desire for education and Special Education. She graduated from Rust College and then began to further her education by receiving her masters from University of Alabama and further her education in her ladder years by receiving her doctrine degree from Nova Southeastern University. Her first teaching job was in Pontotoc, Mississippi from there to Phyllis Wheatley High School, Childersburg, AL; she also taught in Rockford, AL; Alexander City, AL; Atlanta, GA; and South Carolina. Due to her mother-in-laws health, they relocated back to Alabama, where she began teaching in the Birmingham City School System. She served as an Assistant Principle at C. W. Hayes Middle School, C. W. Hayes High School and Woodlawn High School, Birmingham, AL. She retired in 2012 after forty plus years in education. She was a great influence to many and touched many lives during her teaching career. She was a very strong disciplinary. Leaves to cherish her memories a loving husband of forty-six years, Rev. James Temple, of Sylacauga, AL; two daughters, Shirley Temple of Columbiana, AL; and Virginia Temple (Jarrett McCrary) of Huntsville, AL; three sons, Marty Smith of Houston, TX; Issac Reed of Sylacauga, AL; and Chancy Temple of Birmingham, AL; four brothers, David (Barbara) Hilton, Rosehill, MI; James Hilton (Annette Harvey) of Jackson, MI; Jacob (Vivian) Hilton of Jackson, MI; Ferdinand (Olivia) Hilton of Stone Mountain, GA; four sisters, Ellen Hamilton Matthew of North Carolina; Sandra Hampton, Thelma Hampton, and Connie Havley all of Hattiesburg, MI; adoptive sisters, Jean (Ernest) Harmon, Mona Keith, Susan Welch, Willie Mae Hale, and Inez Hart. Twelve grandchildren, Daniel Keebler, Emmanuel Keebler, Zayden Keebler, Jalen Corley, Carler Thedford, Torrey Smith, Jasmine Whetstone, Brayden Milam, and Lilyonna McCary; two special God-daughters, Jaleesa Threatt and Elaine Whetstone; and a host of other relatives and friends. Visit communityfuneralhome.org for online obituary and condolences. Community Funeral Home will direct the service.