BEATTY, Shirley J., 79, of Lithia, Florida returned to her Heavenly Father on April 10, 2018. She was a native of Louisville, Kentucky and an area resident for 16 years where she was a member of Kings Avenue Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, homemaker, mom, grandma, and great grandma. She left us suddenly and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, John W. Beatty and son John W. Beatty, Jr. She is survived by daughters; Diane (Wayne) Embry, Cathy Waters, Mary (Elvis) Butler, brothers; Charles (Pat) Brown and William (Vicki) Brown, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
