We regretfully announce the passing of Ms. Shirley Elaine Almond, age 71, of Hogansville, Georgia on Friday, December 29, 2023 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM, Springfield Baptist Church, 400 Poplar Street in Hogansville, Georgia.

Bishop Collier J. Starks, Pastor, Eulogist. Interment will follow in the Westview Cemetery.

Public viewing will be Friday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Funeral Home.

Ms. Shirley Elaine Almond was born August 16, 1952, to the late Tommy Authur Phillips and Mattie D. Almond in Hogansville, Georgia. She transitioned this life December 29, 2023, at Piedmont Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia. Also preceding her in death one brother Stanley J. Phillips

After attending West End High School, Shirley moved to Brooklyn, New York and lived there for many years. It was in Brooklyn that she graduated from Lafayette High School. Upon returning home to Hogansville Georgia, Shirley reunited with Springfield Baptist Church where she was active on the Pastor’s Aid Board, member of the Senior Choir, Kitchen Committee, Youth Department and participated with the Springfield dance group, “The Movers and the Shaker’s”.

Shirley was employed with Hanes Hosiery of LaGrange Georgia for many years and retired from Bonnell Aluminum in Newnan, Georgia.

Shirley possessed a special gift for remembering everybody birthday, she loved to talk, dance, and eat. She always had that beautiful smile on her face, she would always say “Hey My Darling, how’s the family and before she let you go, she would say “I Love You”.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories one son whom she loved dearly Sean C. Almond of Nashville Tennessee, one brother Wayne Lamar (Meryl) Almond, of Raleigh, N.C., two grandchildren Sean C. Almond II of California, one granddaughter, Mya Renee Almond of Nashville Tennessee, Special cousins Raven /Rafael James of LaGrange, Georgia, Special friends and Care Givers Sister Cynthia Parks, Sister Kathleen Rosser, Sister Carolena Lynch, Sister Gina Cameron, Sister Valerie Hines, the Cameron and Rutledge families, Deacon Eddie Boyd; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

Arrangements entrusted to Thrash and Sons Funeral Home.