MORGANTOWN, Ky. — Shirley T. Embry, 81, of Morgantown, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, at Hospice House of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
She was a retired grocery store owner of Embry’s Grocery and Bait Shop in Aberdeen and was a member of Aberdeen Baptist Church.
Shirley was born Oct. 30, 1935, in Richardsville, Kentucky, to the late Hillery Johnson Sr. and Allie Mae Young Johnson.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Wendell L. Embry; son-in-law, Cecil Goff; granddaughter, Myra Ashley Sweatt; brother and sister-in-law Hillery “Jim Bat” Johnson and wife, Lois; and brothers-in-law, Charles West and Ellis McIntosh.
Shirley is survived by two daughters, Diane Dyer and husband, Elwood, of Aberdeen, Kentucky; Kathy E. Goff, of Bowling Green; and one son, John Embry and wife, Beth, of Aberdeen; three grandchildren, Chase Everett Goff and wife, Lauren, of Bowling Green; Isabella Faye Embry and Will Lincoln Embry; two great-grandchildren, Maddux Chase Goff and Ryder Joseph Goff; three sisters, Naomi West, Nellie McIntosh, and Doris McPherson and husband, Bobby, all of Morgantown, Kentucky; three brothers, Les Johnson and wife, Jolene, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky; Laymon Johnson and wife, Gaylene, of Morgantown; Lindel “Diddle” Johnson and wife, Sandy, of Morgantown; along with several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Shirley T. Embry will be Saturday, Sept. 9, at 12 noon at the Jones Funeral Chapel in Morgantown. Visitation will be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8, and from 9 a.m. until the time of the 12 noon service at the Jones Funeral Chapel.
Please share any photos, memories, condolences or light a candle in memory of Shirley at www.jonesfuneralchapel.com.
Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Aberdeen Baptist Church Cemetery fund (118 Sunset Loop, Morgantown, KY 42261) or Hospice of Southern Kentucky (5872 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104.)
