Collin Co., TX - Obits: Mrs. Doris V. Shewbirt *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Contributed by: Elaine Bay *********************************************** Mrs. Doris V. Shewbirt, age 76, of Bodcaw, Ark., passed away on May 6, 2008. She was born on Sept. 9, 1931, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Silas Efraim "Shorty" and Beaulah (Hays) Wilbanks. On September 13, 1947, she married Billie Joe Shewbirt in Texas. Mrs. Shewbirt was a homemaker and a member of the Bodcaw Baptist Church #2. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-laws, Ronny Wayne and Debbie Shewbirt and Billy Eugene and Karen Shewbirt, all of Bodcaw, Ark.; daughter and son-in-law, Crystal Dawn and James Holt of Texarkana, Texas; sisters, Aline Sullivan of McKinney, Texas, and Josie Gilbert of Princeton, Texas; 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shewbirt was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Billie Joe Shewbirt; granddaughter, Deanna Renee Honea; daughter, Dianna Darlene Shewbirt; great-grandchildren, Preston, Brittany and Isaiah; brothers, Larry Wilbanks and Arnold Wilbanks; and sister, Lilly Emeyabbi. Funeral services will take place at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 10, 2008, in the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends for a visitation from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home. ~ ~ ~ McKinney Courier Gazette, Thursday, May 8, 2008