Shirley Connell

Shirley Connell obituary, Greenfield, TN

Shirley Connell

Shirley Connell Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home on Aug. 9, 2025.

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Dateline: Memphis, TN

Graveside services for Shriley Connell are Monday, August 11, 2025, at 11 :00 a.m. at Meridian Cemetery, Greenfield, TN.

Ms. Connell, 77 years old, died at Methodist Germantown Hospital Thursday, August 7, 2025. She worked for the state and federal government and was the author of Elvis, Man In My Backyard. She was born in Memphis on October 3, 1947, to the late Albert and Cecil Harrington Connell.

She is survived by her cousin Beverly Ellis of McKenzie and special friend Debbie Brown of Memphis.

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1740 East Cedar Avenue P.O. Box 476, McKenzie, TN 38201

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