Grigg Wilson Shirley

Mr. Grigg Wilson Shirley, age 67 of 946 Turner Road, Eastanollee, Georgia passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Stephens County Hospital.

A son of the late Idus and Ola Wilson Shirley, he was born October 14, 1949 in Stephens County, Georgia where he lived all his life.  He was a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Army and employed with Gilbert and Bennett for a long number of years.  He was a member of The Pointe and enjoyed the Senior Adult Activities at the church. He was a member of the V.F.W.  He loved fishing and camping with his brothers.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Bobby and Frank Shirley, by three sisters, Rosemond Carter, Betty Bux and Dorothy Ayers and by a granddaughter, Hope Smith.

Survivors include his wife of the home, Dona Howard Shirley; twin sons, Kevin Shirley and wife Wanda and Kendall Shirley and Jon and April Shirley all of Toccoa; six grandchildren, Cara, Krista, Hannah, Hunter, Zemily, Hallee; one great-granddaughter, Kallie; five brothers and sisters-in-law, Billy Shirley and Glenn and Sandra Shirley of Eastanollee, Larry and Mary Shirley of Lebanon, Illinois, Terry and Margie Shirley of Turnerville, Georgia and Gary and Polly Shirley of Piedmont, Alabama.

Funeral services will be Friday, March 3, 2017, 3 O’clock P.M. at The Pointe with The Reverend Jerry Chitwood and The Reverend Chad Smith officiating. 

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Thursday from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M.  Online condolences can be made at www.acree-davisfh.com.

Interment will follow in Stephens Memorial Gardens with Military Honors by the Georgia National Guard Honor Guard.  Acree-Davis Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Grigg Wilson Shirley.