Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Michael `Buddy' Shively
Funeral service for Michael ``Buddy'' Shively, 26, of Jigger were held Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 at Turkey Creek Baptist Church near Gilbert with Rev. Dale Goodman and Rev. Bill Nash officiating. Interment followed in Shady Grove Cemetery in Jigger under the direction of Gill First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
He was born on July 1, 1981 in Odessa, Texas, and passed from this life Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 after a four year battle with cancer.
Buddy, a self employed farmer, was an outdoorsman who loved hunting, especially deer hunting. He was preceded in death by his father Mike Shively; great-grandparents J.C. and Sena Ferrington and Robert Woods; grandparents Eddie and Mary Shively; uncle, Robbie Glen Ferrington; and a very special ``family'' member Dale Guillot.
He is survived by a son Michael Blayne Shively; mother Cindy McMurray and husband Kevin of Winnsboro; sister Ashley Shively Mulkey and husband Phillip of Pioneer, grandparents Norman and Elaine Ferrington of Jigger; two special friends Jamie Lynn Havard and Stacey Wiggins; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Brent Erwin, Derek Guillot, Jarred Guillot, Travis Halbrook, Phillip Mulkey, James Robert Polk, Ricky Campbell Jr., and Rob Tarver.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007