MS. GLORIA ELAINE SHROPSHIRE - Age 67, of LaFayette, GA passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022. She was born March 15, 1954 in Ft. Oglethorpe (Catoosa County), Georgia to the late Jesse Shropshire and Ruby Marsh Shropshire. She was preceded by her sisters, Vanessa Louise Shropshire, Sonya Renee McGee, Angela Denise Houston, and brother, James Ronald Shropshire. Gloria was a former member of New Home Baptist Church in Noble, Georgia and later united with Prospect Missionary Baptist Church in LaFayette, GA. She graduated from LaFayette High School Class of 1972 and was employed with Roper Corporation for twenty years.

Those left to cherish her memory are her loving daughter, Lewanna Hunter of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and her son, Chief Petty Officer Cedric (Tyeisha) Griffin, Sr., U. S. Navy in California; six grandchildren, Cherish Young, Jazmin Hunter, Antonio Hunter, Jr., Cedric Griffin, Jr., Courtney Griffin, and Caylin Griffin; great grandmother, Mildred Griffin of LaFayette, Georgia; five sisters, Alanda Clark of Chattanooga, Marva (J. L.) Johnson, Valerie (Donald) Lawrence, of LaFayette; Theresa Simmons, Shelia (Kenneth) Lowery, from Atlanta, Georgia; five brothers, (Retired) Chief Petty Officer Dennis (Dana) Shropshire of Jacksonville, Florida, Gregory (Gwen) Shropshire of Atlanta, Georgia, Timothy, Mark, and Jesse Lamar Shropshire all live in Georgia; sister-in-law, Karen Shropshire of Dalton, Georgia; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Houston, Randy McGee of Atlanta; aunts, Mary Ruth Shropshire, Clara Marsh, Jeneal Shropshire; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Homegoing Celebration will be on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:00 P. M. at the Chapel of Willis Funeral Home, 2011 Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd., Dalton, GA. 30721 with Pastor Harry Reeves as Eulogist and Pastor James Washington, Jr. as Presider. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour before the service. Interment, Lakewood Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN. on Monday. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.