Helen Shirkey
Helen Roberson Shirkey, 92, of Troy went home to be with the Lord Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral services were to be conducted 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev. Brad Buford and Pastor Paul Ray Cagle were to officiate. Burial was to follow in Ebenezer Cemetery near Troy.
Pallbearers were to be Gary Shirkey, Ty Ragsdale, Eric Klinkhammer, Preston Buford, Eric Halford and Ben Phillips.
Visitation was held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services today.
Helen was born June 27, 1931, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of the late Leonard Huelyn and Dolly Arvel (Jarred) Wilmurth. She married Thomas Loyd Roberson Oct. 9, 1948. He preceded her in death March 9, 1992. She married Maurice Shirkey May 31, 1998. He preceded her in death July 25, 2020.
Helen was a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Union City, where she had served as a Sunday school teacher and greeter and had sung in the choir. She was a caregiver.
She is survived by two daughters, Margaret Miller and husband, Skip, of Union City and Sandy Robinson and husband, Lynn, of Troy; one son, Loyd Roberson and wife, Sharon, of Troy; six grandchildren, Michelle Yates and husband, Glen, of Hornbeak, Stephanie Johnson and husband, Michael, and Johnna Ragsdale and husband, Ty, all of Troy, Brent Robinson and wife, Christina, of Nolensville, Kristy Klinkhammer and husband, Eric, of Dyersburg and Thomas Roberson III of Dyersburg; 11 great-grandchildren, Autumn Frye, Hanna Yates, Chandler Yates, Alea Ragsdale, Chloe Ragsdale, Jonna Ragsdale, Madison Johnson, Luke Robinson, Kaylee Robinson, Hayes Klinkhammer and Warren Klinkhammer; three great-great-grandchildren, Elliana Butler, Beckham Frye and Mark Grayson Butler and another great-great-grandson expected in October; one stepson, Gary Shirkey and wife, Julie; five stepdaughters, Kay Shirkey, Gail Galbraith, Rachel Smith and husband, Gene, Roberta Cooper and husband, John, and Colina Roberts; and several stepgrandchildren; and several stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by four sisters, Virginia Gaines, Adelle Goodman, Bessie Morris and Opal Chilton; and one brother, Travis Wilmurth.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Messenger/9.6.23