MR. JAMES RONALD “RONNIE” SHROPSHIRE-Age 68- Of Rocky Face, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at a local healthcare in Henry County, GA. He was born on August 27, 1951 to his late parents, Jesse James and Ruby Ann Marsh Shropshire. He retired from Covenant Transport as a dispatcher. He was a graduate of Howard High School of Chattanooga, TN and a member of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by his wife, Karen Yvonne Willis Shropshire; son, Randall (LeAndre) Shropshire of Gastonia, North Carolina; daughters, Keisha Shropshire of Washington, D.C., Kreisha (Joe) Shropshire-Taylor of Smyrna, Georgia, and Zakia (Michael) Banks of Fayetteville, Georgia, and; eight grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; sisters, Alanda Clark and Gloria Shropshire of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Marva (Johnny) Johnson Jr. and Valerie (Donald) Lawrence of Lafayette, Georgia, Angela (Kenneth) Houston, Theresa Simmons, and Sheila (Kenny) Lowery of Atlanta, Georgia; brothers, Dennis (Dana) Shropshire of Jacksonville, Florida, Gregory (Gwendolyn) Shropshire of Loganville, Georgia, Timothy Shropshire, Jessie Shropshire, and Mark Shropshire of LaFayette, Georgia; aunts, Mary Ruth Shropshire-Austin of Dalton, Georgia, Clara Chestnut Marsh and Lorraine Marsh of Noble, Georgia; uncle, Willie Marsh of Rome, Georgia; brothers-in-law, Ralph (Tammy) Willis Jr. and Kenneth (Barbara) Willis of Dalton, Georgia, and Monty (Jackie) Willis of Powder Springs, Georgia; special cousins and friends, Andrew Womble, Donnie Marsh, Donnie Suttles, Bruce and Conny Chilumunas, Ray Carroll, Tim Macon, Van Smith, Bobby (Rosalind) Shropshire, and Adrian Ludy; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of James Ronald “Ronnie” Shropshire will be held Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 2:00pm at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Dalton, GA 30721.

Family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday evening from 6:00pm until 7:30pm. Interment will be at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, GA.

Arrangements entrusted to Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia