Shirley Ann Oggs
d. March 18, 2022
Shirley A. Oggs, age 78 of Spring City, TN passed on Friday, March 18, at her home. She was born in Spring City on July 14, 1943, the fourteenth child of Gail G. and Bertha E. Howell Gillespie. Shirley lived most of her life in Spring City and was a 1961 graduate of Dayton Carver High School. She retired from La-Z-Boy Chair Company where she was employed for 22+ years. She was an active member of Euchee Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church and a member of the local Women’s Prayer Group. Shirley traveled for many years throughout East Tennessee communities evangelizing through song with her family Gospel group The Gillespie Singers.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents Gail G. and Bertha E. Gillespie and son Joseph V. Oggs. Sisters, Helen Smith, Emma Peoples, Eunice Rankins, Nola Locke, Edna Hickey, Florence Wilkerson, Cleo Jones, Mary Ruth Moore, Brothers, George Gillespie, Olen Gillespie, Curtis Gillespie, and William Gillespie.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, James H. Oggs; sons Vashon (Stacey) Oggs and Jason (Nicole) Oggs; grandsons, Kannon Oggs, Xavier Oggs, Braxton Oggs, Jayden Oggs, and Priest Oggs; brothers Booker T. (Carolyn) Gillespie and Alvas Gillespie. Sister-in-law, Mary Scruggs, Mother-in-Law, Corin Lenoir, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 12:00 noon Saturday, March 26th at First Baptist Church, 374 W. Jackson Avenue, Spring City, TN 37381 , with Rev. Candice Dendy officiating. Visitation by family and friends will be on Saturday one hour before the service from 11:00 a.m. until 12 noon. Interment will follow the service at Euchee-Gillespie Cemetery in Spring City, TN.
In compliance with Covid-19, mask are required and all are asked to practice social distancing. Services of loving memory entrusted to M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home – Athens, TN.
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