Shelby was a former employee of K&W Cafeteria at Mercer Mall and the Valley Country Restaurant. She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, and planning family events.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Charlie Carroll, and Junior Carroll; three sisters, Betty Sue Lusk, Pat Davis, and Brenda Thompson; and two grandsons, Roman McPherson, and Dustin McPherson.
Those left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 60 years, Larry McPherson; four children, Larry Wesley McPherson and wife Kathy of Bluefield, Kimberly Denise Richardson and husband Clarence of Princeton, Tammy Lynn Davis and husband Jimmy of Bluefield, and Sharon Lynette Loar and husband Jeff of Florida ; six grandchildren, Austin McPherson and wife Haylie of Bluefield, Katie Richardson serving in the military in Italy, Kiersten Pack and husband Tyler of Bluefield, Kaylyn Davis of Bluefield, Justin Pennington of Kentucky, and Kara Hale and husband Richard of Princeton; nine great-grandchildren, Madilyn, Myles, Joshua, Wyatt, Jacob, Matthew, Alexa, Leevi, and Parker; two sisters, Peggy Thompson and husband Doc of Bluefield, Charlene Blankenship of Pearisburg; and two brothers, Roger Carroll and wife Vickie of Bluefield, and Ronnie Carroll and wife Debbie of Bluefield.
Funeral service will be Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with the family officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton.
The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the service hour at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.
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