Shirley F. McAlister
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 from the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Missionary Ridge Cemetery at Bon Aqua. Visitation with the family will be at Taylor Funeral Home, Dickson, from 2 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday and on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until time of service.
Shirley F. McAlister, age 70 of Bon Aqua, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at her home. Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, Shirley was the daughter of the late Sidney and Fannie Gosnell Arpelar. A homemaker, she was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was also an avid Oklahoma Sooners fan! Her husband, Thomas McAlister predeceased her in August, 2010.
Survivors include her daughters, Carmen Chancey and Renee Holden, both of Bon Aqua, Michelle Lynch, Ada, Oklahoma, and Terri McAlister-Robinson, Walker, Louisiana; sons, Michael Shields, Bon Aqua, and Tommy McAlister, Louisiana; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.