Mrs. Shirley Faye Stallard, age 63, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, passed away June 15, 2022 at her residence on Brinegar Road.
She was born July 22, 1958, in Carter County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Earl Elmo and Mavis Missouri Cook Stallard.
Shirley was a strong willed woman who enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, gardening, collecting Americana, watching movies, playing bingo and in recent years watching online auctions and buying lottery tickets. Shirley’s hard work and strong will helped her to always take care of her family. The love she had for her children and grandchildren was unconditional. She worked many years, including a job at a sawmill to ensure the betterment of her family. She never married, but is proceeded in death by James David Underwood, the father of her children and spouse for many years. She spent over twenty years with her soul-mate, Stanley Eugene Conn until he passed.
Shirley is survived by her son, David Lee Stallard and Celina; three daughters, Jennifer Lynn Dixon and Dan, Joyce Ann Stallard and Dave, and Kelly Jane (Danny Lee) Dehart, all of Olive Hill, Kentucky; fourteen grandchildren, David, Whitney, Jasmine, Jeremiah, Nicole, Kaitlynn, Shonda, Lilyann, Graydon Tate, Colton, Daniel, Austin, Isaiah and Lakyn; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Janie (Paul) Maxine Steagall of Olive Hill, Kentucky; two nephews, Eric Steagall and Herbie Steagall; one niece Paulette Steagall; one half niece, Carolyn Callihan; one half nephew, Chuck Reyonlds and many other family and friends who will sadly miss her. Colton, her last grandchild, will especially miss her. Shirley helped take care of him the first year of his life while his mother was getting better. The bond and love between Colton and Shirley made her days memorable.
In addition to her parents, Shirley is preceded in death by her brother Earl Dempsey Stallard; her half sister Helen Ray Reynolds; her son in laws, Jeremy Edison Dixon and Scott Boggs. James David Underwood and Stanley Eugene Conn.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Globe Funeral Chapel at 17277 West Highway US 60 in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Brother Marcus McCleese officiating. Burial will follow at the Stallard Cemetery on Route 2 Cemetery Road in Olive Hill, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2022 until the service hour at Globe Funeral Chapel.
David Lee Stallard, Danny Dehart, Shawn Michael Underwood, Josh Shaffer, Dana Mocabee, Danny Slark, David Abrams and Jeremiah Dixon will serve as pallbearers.
Daniel Dehart, Eric Steagall, Austin Dehart and David Ray Stallard will serve as honorary pallbearers.
