Jettie Shields, age 88, was born August 10, 1923 in Greenville to Edward T. and Omega Umbarger Lamm, and entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ December 12, 2011 in Greenville.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday at Highland Terrace Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Jordan officiating. Burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park in Greenville. The family will receive visitors at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wednesday.
After graduating from Greenville High School in 1940, Jettie attended East Texas State University in Commerce. She married Guy Shields, the love of her life, on September 27, 1942. Jettie worked at the Hunt County Tax Office, retiring in 1983.
She had been an active member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church, formerly Washington Street Baptist Church since 1949. She taught 4th graders in Sunday school for 25 years as well as working with youth groups, serving on various church committees, and being involved in all senior adult activities. God was always first in her life followed by her love for her family and then ministering to other people. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother as well as “Mema” to many young people as they grew up in her church. Jettie is remembered by many as “a friend always there in times of need.”
Surviving are her daughter, Karen Farrar and husband Charles; son Russell Guy Shields and wife Paulette; grandson Jeffrey Long and wife Nancy; granddaughters Tracy Gaines and husband Brian, Robyn Welch and husband Garrett, and Caitlin Shields; 4 great-grandchildren Rylan Guy Welch, Tristan Long, and Samantha and Emily Gaines; brother Bobby Lamm and wife Bettie; sister Nancy Wilson and husband Bill; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2006; parents; brother Eddie Lamm; and sister Johnnie Pike.
Pallbearers will be Jerry Bench, Charles Roberts, Richard Hardy, Marvin Flowers, Lane Lennon, and Luther Mitchell.
In lieu of flowers, the family asked that memorials be made to Highland Terrace Senior Adult Scholarship Fund or Highland Terrace Building Fund.
