Services held for Shirley Jefferies
Services for Shirley Jean (Nickell) Jeffries, 82, of Wagoner, formerly of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19th , at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, Rev. Joe Nemecek will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale.
Mrs. Jeffries passed away Friday, November 13, 2020, at a Muskogee hospital. She was born December 18, 1937 at Allen to Fred and Lottie Mae Sluder Wofford. She attended Lula grade school and Allen High School.
She married James Arthur Jeffries on May 10, 1997. He preceded her in death August 3, 2016. Mrs. Jeffries worked for Brockway Glass Company until her retirement. She was of the Assembly of God faith, served as a Sunday School teacher at church, was a van driver and a volunteer with shut-ins.
Survivors include a son, Dennis Nickell; son-in-law, Steve Drow; her grandchildren, Kristen Nanni, Chip Nanni, Brandon Nickell and Lauren Nickell; her great-grandchildren, Chase Nanni, Abri Nanni and Pierce Nickell; two sisters, Ruth Shaw and June Nemecek; and a brother, Carl Wofford.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, his wife and her three grandchildren, Rickey and Debra Nickell and Michael, Gregory and Kimberly Nickell.