Shirley Ann Shearrer, 87, of Piedmont, Missouri, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 at the Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont.
She was born Feb. 24, 1935 in Cherry Grove, Patterson, Missouri, the daughter of Fenton White and Mabel (Garren) White.
Shirley was raised at Patterson and graduated from Patterson High School. She was united in marriage to John Paul Dinkins and to this union three daughters were born. She was the Activities Director and later a CNA at Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. She was a charter member of the Patterson United Methodist Church and later a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Shirley was a loving mother, homemaker and farm wife. She was married to Clyde Shearrer and he survives, residing in Piedmont.
Also surviving are three daughters, Rebecca Gavan-Cooke of Patterson, Beverly Knox and her husband, Ed, of Piedmont, Tara Hillis and her husband, Gary, of Piedmont, two stepdaughters, Cheryl Howard, of Jefferson County, Missouri and Lisa Carter, of St. Louis, Missouri.
In addition, she is survived by 10 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and many other family and friends.
Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the Patterson Cemetery. Memorials have been requested to the Patterson Cemetery Association.