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Service:
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the
Quiram-Peasley Funeral home in Atlanta
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Shirley A. Torbert Scogin, 80, of
Wapella, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022,
at Carle BroMenn Hospital in Normal.
A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, November
22, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Quiram-Peasley
Funeral home in Atlanta with Mr. Ernie Harvey
officiating. Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Shirley Ann Torbert was born on December 24, 1941,
in Clinton, the daughter of Clarence S. “Dude” and
Dixie Baughman Torbert. She was first united in
marriage to Bill Ledbetter on September 5, 1956. She
later married Charles Scogin on July 4, 1986. He
preceded her in death on March 19, 2000.
Shirley is survived by her daughters: Lori (Dan
Osborn) Murphy and Karen Underwood, four
grandchildren: Jeremy (Kitiara Lancaster) Underwood,
Jill (Wes) Foster, Candi (Jake) Taylor, and Samantha
(Caleb) Ballew; twelve great-grandchildren: Ethan
Foster, Mason Foster, Amber Foster, Ruger Underwood,
Mailee Underwood, Remington Underwood, Gatling
Underwood, Kimber Underwood, Dylan Taylor, Kylie
Taylor, Maci Ballew, and Charli Ballew; one brother,
John (Denise) Torbert; and many nieces and nephews.
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She was preceded in death by her
parents and her husband; and one brother, Skip
Torbert; one sister, Etta Hill; and one
great-grandson, Hunter Underwood.
Shirley worked for Clinton Power Station and Thrall
Car Manufacturing as Executive Secretary to the Plant Manager. Upon
her retirement, she moved to Palisade, Colorado, where she lived for
11 years. Shirley was a fifty-plus years member of the Order of the
Eastern Star. She was also a member of the Wapella Christian Church.
Her grandkids and great-grandkids were the lights of her life and
she loved them very much. She enjoyed visiting Hawaii, eating
sweets, watching the Hallmark Channel, and drinking coffee.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or
DeWitt County Animal Shelter.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of
Atlanta.
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