Funeral service for Shirral D. Jennings will be held 2 PM Sunday, May 3, 2009 in Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church with Rev. Ned Chipley and Rev. Brian Jennings officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery at Marthaville, La.
Mr. Jennings, 74, of Knoxville, Tenn., died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.
He was a native of Marthaville, La. He was retired from the school system for children of military personnel stationed in Germany. He was a former member of Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church. He a was veteran of The U. S. Army.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo Jennings and Lou Annie Downs Jennings; sister, Marline Ragsdale; brother, Hulon Jennings.
He is survived by two sisters, Mozell Liddle and husband Vernon of Greenwood, La. and Ivadell Fenton and husband Edwin of Marthaville, La.; one brother, Roger Jennings and wife Mary of Eunice, La.; sister-in-law, Mar Jo Jennings Daube and husband Dan of The Woodlands, Tx.; brother-in-law, Rev. John P. Ragsdale of Frisco, Tx.; fifteen nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Ron Ragsdale, John Ragsdale, Scott Jennings, Richard Jennings, Kevin Liddle, Todd Liddle, Daren Fenton, and Davy Fenton.