Ouachita-Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SHANNON, THELMA WARD 2 2009
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News Star World - September 04, 2009
THELMA WARD SHANNON
Golden Funeral Home

Bastrop, LA

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Ward Shannon, 92, will be held at 10:00 A.M. 
Saturday, September 5, 2009, at the chapel of Golden Funeral Home in Bastrop, 
Louisiana with Rev. Jim Ingram and Rev. David Chapman officiating. Burial will 
follow at the Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Arkansas. Visitation will be held 
Friday from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Golden Funeral Home.

Mrs. Shannon died peacefully Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Morehouse 
General Hospital after a brief illness. She was born December 24, 1916, in 
Vimville, Mississippi, and moved to Parkdale, Arkansas in 1917. She married 
Charley Shannon in January 1942 and they lived in Parkdale until 1958 when 
they moved to Bastrop, Louisiana.

Mrs. Shannon taught American History from 1958 until her retirement in 1980. 
She had previously taught in Arkansas for 5 years. She attended LA Tech prior 
to World War II and earned her undergraduate degree in 1959 from the 
University of Arkansas/Monticello and her graduate degree from ULM in 1977. 
She was active in her church, First Baptist Church in Bastrop, and the 
community. She was a member of the Literary Forum and the Morehouse Educators, 
Retired. On her 90th birthday, she received recognition from the Louisiana 
House of Representatives through Rep. Charles McDonald. After her retirement 
she enjoyed traveling, especially to see her great-grandchildren in 
Mississippi.

She is survived by her daughters, Judy Bell and her husband Charles Bell of 
Monroe, LA, Nadine Coleman and her husband David Coleman of Petal, MS; 
grandchildren, Chuck Bell of San Francisco, CA, Margot Bell of Shreveport, LA, 
Shannon Decker of Petal, MS, Mary Ellen Mangum and her husband Kris Mangum of 
Petal, MS; and great-grandchildren, Cole and Caroline Decker, Ally, Molly, 
Macy and Kristopher Mangum, all of Petal, MS. She was preceded in death by her 
husband, Charley Shannon, six sisters, three brothers, and a grandson, Thomas 
Bell.

The family wishes to thank her church family, her friends, and the care givers 
at the Arbor and Morehouse General Hospital, and Dr. Carter Cox for their kind 
attention and kindness. Memorials may be made to the Activity Center at First 
Baptist Church or to The Wellspring in Monroe. 


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