Shirley Ries Cotten, 71 of Lubbock, Texas lost her 46 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis and was reunited with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday May 27, 2013. She was born to Floyd and Sarah Ries on November 30, 1941 in Hobbs, New Mexico. She graduated from Denver City High School where she met her husband Roy Dan Cotten. They made their home in Lubbock, Texas and were married for 53 years.
She was also a loving mother of three children who survived her. Robert Cotten of Decatur, Texas, Tony Cotten and his wife Laurie Cotten of Lubbock and Pam and her husband Paul Moody of St. Augustine, FL; one sister Rosalee Ries of Albuquerque, New Mexico; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services will be 10:00 am Thursday May 30, 2013 in the Abbey Chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock, Texas, The family will receive family and friends Wednesday May 29, 2013 from 6 until 8 pm at Resthaven.
Memorials can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.