ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: SHIRLEY, LINDA PAULETTE 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La.

Published: 12 July, 2013

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SHIRLEY, LINDA PAULETTE 
March 26, 1949 — July 11, 2013

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Linda Paulette Shirley died peacefully Thursday, July 11, 2013, surrounded by 
her immediate family at her home in LaGrange, Ga. At 64 years old, she lived a 
blessed and unexpectedly productive life, all the while proudly carrying her 
Down syndrome banner.

A native of Spartanburg, S.C., and former resident of West Point, Ga., and 
Morgan City, she was gainfully employed in the newspaper offices at West Point, 
Ga./Lanett, Ala., and Morgan City, where she opened mail, swept floors, filled 
soft drink machines, inserted printed and preprinted sections of the newspaper 
and harassed sports editors for information on one of the loves of her life — 
the New Orleans Saints.

Linda is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, who were also her 
caregivers, Steve Shirley and Jean Callaway Shirley of LaGrange, Ga., brother 
and sister-in-law, Andy Shirley and Erin Shirley of Morgan City, and a sister 
and brother-in-law, Becky Shirley Hymel and Kevin Hymel of Asheville, N.C.; 
nieces and nephews, Dusty Shirley of Douglasville, Ga., Charlie Shirley of 
LaGrange, Ga., Jonathan Shirley of Harvey, Christopher Shirley and Allison 
Shirley, both of Morgan City, and Ashley Hymel Hudson and Jon Eric Hymel, both 
of Raleigh, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Doyle E. “Red” and Lucy 
Shirley; maternal grandparents, Clarence and Gertrude Lowry; and paternal 
grandparents, Jones and Nettie Shirley.

Visitation will be today, Friday, July 12, 2013, at McCarthy Funeral Home in 
West Point, Ga., from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 East Main St., 
Spartanburg, S.C., on Sunday, July 14, 2013. Visitation there will begin at 2 
p.m. Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. at the chapel. 

Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest alongside 
of her mother and father. 

The Revs. Ken Crabb and Brandon Hudson will officiate the services.

McCarthy Funeral Home in West Point, Ga., and Floyd’s Mortuary in Spartanburg, 
S.C., are in charge of arrangements.

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