Shirley Payne Meyers

A CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF SHIRLEY FAY PAYNE MEYERS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 2024, AT THE FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH DENHAM SPRINGS VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 4:00 PM UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE AT 6:00 PM. GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 2024, AT 10:00 AM AT TWIN PINES CEMETERY HOLDEN.

SHE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 28, 1952, IN INDEPENDENCE, LA AND RESTED FROM THIS LIFE ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 8, 2024, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY AT HER HOME IN WALKER AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.

SISTER SHIRLEY WAS A BISHOP’S WIFE FOR 26 YRS AT NEW LIFE OF COVINGTON AND RECENTLY PASTOR’S WIFE AND FIRST LADY OF LANDMARK CHURCH IN LIVINGSTON. WITNESSING AND WINNING SOULS WAS HER TRUE PASSION.

SHE LOVED COOKING FOR & ENTERTAINING FAMILY & FRIENDS (& WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS INCLUDED ANYONE THAT SHE HAD EVER MET), SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDS & GREAT GRANDS, DECORATING, TRAVELING IN HER MOTORHOME, FISHING, & MOST OF ALL: SHOPPING AT THE PURPLE COW WITH HER SIDE KICKS! SHE LOVED EVERY SINGLE BABY THAT SHE EVER SAW AND WOULD TELL THEM THAT SHE WAS THEIR NANA. AND SHE WAS THE BEST NANA!

 SHE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JOHNNY & LIZZIE PAYNE AS WELL AS 6 SIBLINGS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND BEST FRIEND OF NEARLY 56 YRS, MALCOLM MEYERS

HER DAUGHTERS SHANNON STOKES (KEITH) OF ETOWAH, AR, NICOLE ODOM (JOE) OF NASHVILLE, TN, RAYSHARRA MORGAN (KENNY) OF FOLSOM, LA.

HER GRANDCHILDREN KADE STOKES (MCKENZIE), KOLBY STOKES (AUTUMN), KOLTON STOKES, MORGAN MACKLIN, DESTINY PITTMAN (BRAXTON), JOEL ODOM (DANIELLE), DAKOTA MORGAN (HEATHER), ASHTON MORGAN (NATALIE), MACKENZI STEWART (KADE)

ALSO SURVIVED BY 6 GREAT GRAND DAUGHTERS, 2 GREAT GRANDSONS, & 1 GREAT GRANDSON ON THE WAY

HER SIBLINGS HAZEL WILKS, EDNA JEAN SEVERIO (KENNETH), GL “BUDDY” PAYNE (PAT), ELAINE CORKERN (SILAS), CONNIE PAYNE BURNS, & ROY PAYNE (CAROL)

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL GIFTS MAY BE PREFERRED TO BE USED BY THE FAMILY TO HONOR HER LIFE AND MEMORY.