Genevieve Violet King Shields' Obituary
GOODNIGHT SERVICES - 2:00 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2007 in the Clarendon Church of Christ with Chris Moore, Minister and Kent Watson, Minister of the Claude Church of Christ, officiating. BURIAL- Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Mrs. Shields was born April 24, 1921 in Seminole, Oklahoma to B.H. and Melissa Griffin King. She married Jessie Lester Shields on August 21, 1940 in Memphis. She had been a resident of Goodnight for several years. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Claude Church of Christ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her husband, on August 22, 1995; & her parents. SURVIVORS - 3 daughters, Nancy Mahaffey of Dumas, Johnny Robison of Breckenridge, & Shirley Harmon of Tulia; one son, Danny Lester Shields of Goodnight; 4 sisters, Eunice Kendall of Childress, Jo Evelyn Tolbert of Amarillo, Pauline Black of Ft. Stockton, & Jerry Faye Tims of Farwell; 3 brothers, Raymond King of Hedley, James King of Amarillo & A.K. King of Fritch; several grandchildren & great grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren.
MEMORIALS - The family request memorials be to the Clarendon or Claude Church of Christ, High Plains Children‘s Home, or a favorite charity.
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