The Funeral Services for Mr. Shirley Haney, age 73 of Athens, will be Friday, February 8, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Tanner Methodist Church with Brother David Nelson and Harold McKee officiating. Mr. Haney will lie in state from 1 – 2 at the church. Burial will be in Limestone Memorial Garden.
Mr. Haney died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Athens Rehabilitation Center.
Visitation will be Thursday February 7, 2013 from 6 – 9 P.M. at McConnell Funeral Home.
Mr. Shirley Haney was born September 1, 1939 in Benton, KY to Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Haney. Mr. Haney was a lifelong farmer and tractor puller. He was a partner of Haney Farms, and he was a Mason. He was a member of Tanner United Methodist Church, Limestone Farmers Co-Op Board, National Tractor Puller Association (NTPA), Mid-South Pullers, and Tanner Quarterback Club.
Mr. Haney is survived by his wife of 52 years, Charlotte Hasting Haney, one son, Keith Haney and his wife Sonda of Athens, AL; one daughter, Vicki Haney Lawson and husband Grover Lawson III of Sardis, MS; one brother, Horace Haney and wife Beverly of Athens, AL; two sisters, Debra Gooch and husband Dwight of Athens, AL; Hilda Sinclair of Charlotte, NC; four grandchildren, Hannah Lawson Peters and husband Ben of Birmingham, AL; Cody Haney and wife Tiffinee of Athens, AL; Julie Katherine Lawson of Oxford, MS; Skyler Haney Lawson of Sardis, MS; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be James Paul Schrimsher, Darryl Norman, Matthew Haney, Dwight Gooch, Allen Brown, Lynn Dowland, Cody Haney, Skyler Lawson, Ben Peters, Daniel Bates, and Brandon Shemwell. Honorary Pallbearers will be Johnny Malone, H.L. King, Jimmy Newby, and Billy Bain.
Memorial gifts may be made to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.
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