Gladys Shaw

SHAW, Mrs. Gladys - Age 59, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at McLaren Regional Medical Center. Family hour 11am Monday, March 14, 2005 at Upper Room Missionary Baptist Church, 6009 N. Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing 12noon. Pastor Rossevelt DeLoach officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park, G-9506 N. Dort hwy. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11am Monday. Mrs. Gladys Shaw will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12noon - 8pm Sunday. Ms. Gladys Fay Shaw was born on August 7, 1945 in Oxford, Mississippi, the daughter of Bennie J. Price & Lillie M. Jones. She married Joe W. Shaw, Sr., on November 9, 1964, and to this union two children were born, Sharon and Joe W. Shaw, Jr. Gladys later moved to Flint, MI in January 1966 with her daughter, Sharon. In 1967, Gladys started working at General Motors Corporation and in the same year gave birth to a son, Armondo Jenkins. Gladys retired from GM after 30 years of service and she was a member of the UAW Local 659. Gladys was a member of the Upper Room Missionary Baptist Church and was President of the Usher Ministry, Chairman of the Soup Kitchen Ministry, and Adult Choir Treasurer. She mentored several children of her church. Gladys loved bowling, fishing and spending time with her family. Ms. Gladys Fay Shaw leaves to cherish her memory: the fathers of her children, Joe W. Shaw, Sr. and Johnny L. Jenkins; daughter, Sharon C. (Robert K.) Hale; 2 sons, Joe W. (Sharlyn) Shaw, Jr. and Armondo (Sharrion) Jenkins; stepdaughter, Bridgett Rucker of Memphis, TN; grandchildren, Keymonda Hale, Joshon Shaw, Ricko Lorenz Hale, Shariay Jenkins, Sharriah Jenkins and Armondo Jenkins, Jr.; 2 sisters, Velver Jean (Ray) Henry, Julia A. Jones; 2 brothers, Chester (Charlean) Price and Bennie J. Price; 4 aunts, Lorrine Blake, Martha Jones, Molly and Betty Westbrook; a host of other relatives and friends. Ms. Gladys Fay Shaw was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Baby Myia-Miracle Shaw; parents, Bennie J. Price and Lillie M. Jones; stepfather, Rev. Robert Earl Jones; grandparents, Mary (Ivy) Green; sister, Annie Lee Nicks; aunt, Lovene Moody; 2 uncles, Preston William, Wade Lee Westbrook. The family would like to express special thanks to the 10 tower nurses of McLaren Regional Medical Center; Avalon Nurse, Nicole; Great Lakes Cancer doctors; Tanea Bell, Daveonda Stevenson, Robyn Brisbane; Upper Room Missionary Baptist Church family and Worship Temple Church family.

Gladys Shaw

August 7, 1945 - March 9, 2005