Deborah ‘Debbie’ Kay Shirley

Published 6:55 pm Thursday, November 7, 2024

BOWLING GREEN – Deborah “Debbie” Kay Shirley, age 71, of Elizabethtown, KY, passed away Tuesday November 5, 2024. The Bowling Green native was the daughter of the late Harold Pearson and Dorothy Glasscock Pearson and wife of the late George Wallace Shirley.

She was also preceded in death by one brother, Joe David Pearson and two sisters, Martha Parrish and Peggy Greathouse.

Debbie is survived by one daughter, Emily Lawler (Kelly), one son, Wesley Shirley (Jerry Smith), two sisters, Betty Thomas (David) and Suzanne McLellan, two brothers, Bobby Pearson and Richey Pearson (LeeAnn), two grandchildren, Sarah Lawler and Samuel Lawler, several nieces and nephews also survive.

Visitation will be Friday November 8, 2024 from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM and Saturday November 9, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the J. C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel. Funeral Service will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday followed by burial at 1:00 PM in the Union Chapel Cemetery in Metcalfe County.