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Shirley Mae Godbey was born June 30, 1935, in Woodstock, Illinois, to Roger Goff and Jenny Simpson. Throughout the 88 years of her life, Shirley lived in many places including Illinois, California, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. She spent several years in Tulsa, Oklahoma, working in nursing, raising children, and grandchildren. In the late 1990s, she moved with her husband Harold Godbey to Bennington, Oklahoma, where they retired to a life of gardening and ranching. Shirley loved to read, quilt, and cook for her family. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Bennington, Oklahoma, for many years teaching Sunday School and helping with the vacation bible school. Shirley loved to laugh, loved her grandkids, and her great grandkids. They never left her house hungry because she always had cookies in the cookie jar and sweet tea in the refrigerator.
She was proceeded in death by her husband Harold Godbey, her brothers Tom and Don Goff, as well, her son Matthew Powers, and her grandson Jeremy Powers.
Surviving family members: a brother Wayne Simpson; two sisters Mary Simpson and Gail Grzywa, her daughters: Melody Brewer and Susan Powers, grandchildren: Jennifer Haar, Justin Brewer, Amanda McKinley, Jeff and Stena Brewer, Sarah Mckinley, Tabitha Powers, Melissa McKinley, Valeria Powers, great-grandchildren: Austin, Aaiden, Curtis, Timothy, Abbey, Alexis, Zoey, Autumn, Zac, Damien, Mallory, Ariel, Sofie, Matthew, Dylan, London, Cole, and Jackson and one great-great-grandson Christopher.
A celebration of Shirley’s life will be held on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 1:00 PM at Brown’s Funeral Service Chapel. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownsfuneralservice.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Brown’s Durant Funeral Service and Crematory.
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