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Shirley R. Westerfield
1935 - 2024
Shirley R. Westerfield
1935 - 2024
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BORN
1935
DIED
2024
Shirley Westerfield Obituary
Shirley R. Westerfield, 89, passed away on Sat. March 23, 2024, at South Baldwin Hospital in Foley, AL. Visitation will be held on Wed. March 27, 2024, from 11am-1pm at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS. Funeral Services are 1pm on Wed. March 27, 2024, at the Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Brandon, MS with burial to follow in the Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery in Jackson, MS.
Mrs. Westerfield was born on Feb. 28, 1935, in Indianapolis, IN to the late Elsworth William Reed & Lois Ethel Knight. Shirley loved to sing and she has shared her God given voice in churches, nursing homes, the community and where ever she could. She also loved to just have fun and was loved by everyone. Her voice and laughter will be missed.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan Grant (Danny); son, Dan M. Bagwell (Brenda); grandchildren, Lauren Bagwell Bohlin (Kevin), Angela Bagwell Dusablon (Christopher), James Ryan Bagwell, Melissa Hughes, Jennifer Bagwell and Justin Bagwell (Stephanie); great grandchildren, Logan Dusablon, Paityn Dusablon, Bodie Watley and Kacey Bagwell; sister, Georgia Amos and a brother, Stephen Reed. Mrs. Westerfield is also preceded in death by her first husband, Gene L. Bagwell; second husband, Ausie Westerfield; son, David Gene Bagwell and a sister, Barbara Bazoon.
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