This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander, Autrey, Beasley, Endsley, Welborn, Scarborough, Neighbors, Fields, Tubbs, Mitchell, Shirley, Torrans Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GkB.2ACI/926 Message Board Post: Texarkana Gazette, Dec 11. 2003 Lela Mae Shirley Lela Mae Autrey Shirley, 80, of Texarkana, Texas, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at her home. Mrs. Shirley was born March 16, 1923, in Maud, Texas. She was former owner of Village Fashions and a member of Eastern Star and Echo Hills Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Preston Hunt "Pete" Shirley of Texarkana; two daughters, Rita Pessel and Sue Goff of Texarkana; seven grandchildren, Chuck Rampy, Doug Rampy, Connie Gregory, Pete Pessel, Cary Pessel, Bob Pessel and Jason Goff; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 1 p.m. today at Chapelwood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Bowman officiating. Burial will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens. Chapelwood Funeral Home 917 South Kings Hwy., Naples, Texas 77501 To learn more of our Autrey/Shirley connections, please visit us at http://www.joautrey.com or http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jautrey9