To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 1/22/17 • Approved: 1/23/17 • Last Updated: 1/26/17 • R1171742-G1171742-S3
June 16, 1924 - Jan 18, 2013
Lorene (Evatt) Shaw of Vilonia, Ark., went to be with our Lord on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, after 88 years on earth. She was born on June 16, 1924, in Vilonia, Ark., to the late Elijah Evatt & Lucy Barker Evatt.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Shaw; and her two sons, George Jr. & Elijah Shaw.
She was a lifelong member of Vilonia Church of the Nazarene. She retired from Conway Human Development Center where she gave 22 years of service (April 1965-June 30, 1987).
She is survived by one son, Ed Shaw of Conway, Ark.; and three daughters; Martha Bee Roberts and Bob of Greenbrier, Elizabeth Spears of Conway, and Bulah Stock & Kirk of Vilonia.
She also leaves behind 15 grandchildren; Robin Roberts & Leah, Pam Cardin & Gary, Diane McGinty & Randy, Dana Hargrove, Jason Spears & Lindsey, all of Greenbrier, Alan Roberts and Rhonda of Guy, Jeremy Spears & Shawn of Corpus Christi, Texas, Erika Stock Bradshaw of Enola, Kolby Stock & April of Redfield, Kan., Nathan Shaw & Lora, Heather Conway & Nick, Dustin Shaw, Justin Shaw, all of Vilonia, and Melissa Cannon & Elisha Shaw of Bee Branch; 32 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She added her own color to the world and Vilonia with her gardening skills and flower gardens along with her handmade quilts.
A special thank you to Shirley Gill, her friend and caregiver, who was with her until the very end, we are forever indebted to you for your love and care of Granny Shaw.
To the nurses, Doctors & staff of the 4th floor north at Conway Regional Medical Center we are forever grateful for your care and compassion. You treated our mother & granny as if she were you own family.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Odyssey Hospice so they may continue to support families in the wonderful way they supported ours.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, Jan 21, 2013, at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, with Jeremy Spears, Jason Spears & James Smith officiating.
Pallbearers; Robin Roberts, Alan Roberts, Nathan Shaw, Dustin Shaw, Justin Shaw, Nathan Cardin.
Honorary Pallbearers: Orrin Cardin, Ethan Cardin, Evan Roberts, Kolby Stock.
Contributed on 1/22/17 by hawkinsdonna
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1171742