Funeral service for Edelene Barnhill Shirley will be held 1 PM Friday, November 12, 2010 in Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Craig Beeman officiating under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Calvary Baptist Cemetery at Natchitoches, La. Visitation will be Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 5 PM until 9 PM and on Friday, November 12, 2010 from 10 AM until service time in the church.
Mrs. Shirley, 77, of Natchitoches, La., died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Life Care Hospital in Shreveport, La
Mrs. Shirley was a native of Marthaville, La. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Shirley; son, Mark Shirley; four brothers, Roy Barnhill, Adrian Barnhill, and Bill Barnhill, and Joe Barnhill; two sisters, Ruby Berly and Blanche Roe; parents, Robert Franklin Barnhill and Minnie Ola Ingram Barnhill.
She is survived by two daughters, Becky Shirley Monsour and husband Glen of Natchitoches, La. and Kimberly Shirley Oliver and husband Danny of Natchitoches, La.; ten grandchildren, Michael Monsour and wife Rebecca, Jonathan Monsour and wife Mandy, David Monsour and wife Janet, Kristi Monsour Ware and husband Jason, Karen Monsour Jordan and husband Richie, Lisa Fortenberry and husband Fount, Kayla Marsh and husband Joe, Danielle Oliver, Anthony Shirley, and Amber Shirley; eighteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Faye Parks of Marthaville, La. and Delourse Veillion of Lake Charles, La.; one brother, Glenn Barnhill of Lake Charles, La.