Extracted from the Minden Press-Herald (Minden, LA)
Friday, April 23, 2004

Laverne Sheley

Funeral services for Mrs. Laverne Sheley will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24, 2004, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden with the Rev. Charles Wooley officiating and the Rev. Dee Anders assisting. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery in Springhill.

Visitation will be held from 3:30 until 9 p.m. today, April 23, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Sheley, a native of Shreveport, passed away Thursday, April 22, in Springhill. She was born June 10, 1930 to Kennon and Nina Marter. She was a resident of this area for 53 years and a member of the Baptist faith.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother and an infant son.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Quinton Leroy; sister, Gloria June Smith; her children, George Kennon Sheley and wife Sandra, Ginger Gail Hefner and husband Robert; grandchildren, Brian Keith and Melody Sheley, Kevin Kennon and Amy Sheley, Brad and Kimberly Kay Wells, Adam and Melissa Hefner McCrary, James Quinton Hefner, John David Hefner; great-grandchildren, Brian Chase Sheley, Annslee Darlene Sheley, Meghan Kay Sheley, Tristan Jacob T.J. Sheley, Stephen Austin Wells, Samuel Peyton Wells, Elizabeth Clair McCrary and Mason Wayne McCrary. Pallbearers will be Brian Sheley, Kevin Sheley, Brad Wells, Adam McCrary, James Hefner and Mike Bradley.