© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma December 26, 2015 September 5, 1947 ~ December 22, 2015 Funeral service for Shirley Ann Heath-Hocker, age 68, of Enid, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Central Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Jesse Heath, the Rev. Jim Duck, the Rev. Joshua Cosby and the Rev. Rocky Keck officiating. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Maysville Cemetery in Maysville, Okla. Visitation for family and friends will be 5:30-7 p.m. Monday evening at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Shirley was born to Robert and Beulah [Mershawn] Vaught on September 5, 1947, in Navarro, Texas, and passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at her home in Enid. Shirley married the Rev. Larry Raymond Heath on June 13, 1965, and they pastored several Assembly of God churches in Oklahoma and one in Arizona. After his death in 2009, she married Bill Hocker, of Enid on August 2, 2012. Shirley began preaching at the age of 13. She was a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God for over 35 years and was ordained in April 2014. Shirley graduated from Southwestern Christian University with a bachelor's degree in human and family services in August 2015. Shirley was a member of Alpha Sigma Lambda and received the Spiritual Leadership Award in May 2015. She was a paraprofessional at Glenwood Elementary, working with students with developmental disabilities. Shirley is survived by husband Bill of the home; children, Tina Smith and husband Jeff of Leedey, Larry Heath and wife Kimberly of Poteau, Robert Heath of Granite, John McKinney and wife Nikki of San Diego, Calif., the Rev. Jesse Heath and wife Roberta of Edmond, Traci Heath of Nicholasville, Ky., Jonathan Heath of Lawton, Brandi Clemens of Blackwell, Scott Hocker and wife Leah of Enid, and Duane Hocker of Enid; 19 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Jim Heath and wife Lorraine and sister-in-law Judith Summers and husband Larry. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband the Rev. Larry Heath, granddaughter Andrea Heath, two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law. Submitted by family |
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