{"id":3333,"date":"2016-09-12T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2017-02-03T14:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:53:36","slug":"3333","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=3333","title":{"rendered":"Shirley J. Weston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Shirley Jo\u00a0Weston, age 78, of Morristown, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 12, 2016 surrounded by family. She was born on April 18, 1938 in Morristown, Tennessee to Rev. Armstead Wilson & Irene Lucretia Wilson. She was a graduate of Judson S. Hill School.\u00a0 In 1961, she married Theodore\u00a0Weston, Sr., and from their union came three wonderful children.\u00a0She was a member of Friendship FBH Church, and then joined Faith Temple Church of God in Christ, where she served in numerous positions and auxiliaries.\u00a0 Some of her contributions at Faith Temple included playing the piano, singing in the choir, and founding the church\u2019s first Usher Board, Sunshine Band, the first Tuesday night Intercessory Prayer Meeting and Senior Citizen Christmas Community Dinner. She also did secretarial work for a number of Presbyterian and Methodist pastors, several churches and businesses.\u00a0 In later years, she was under the leadership of Pastor Renetta Sheadrick of Power of Praise Ministries until the time of her passing. She was well known in the community for babysitting many children in the Morristown community for over 50 years.\u00a0 Along the way, she was coined with the name \u201cNanny\u201d by one of the children she kept and it stuck.\u00a0 She also was known for calling people on their birthdays, veterans on Veterans Day, and informing people in the community of what foods were being given away through Central Services. She was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings: Margaret Ford, Carrie B. Duff, Kathleen Parkey and John Wilson. She leaves to cherish her memory her children: Tonia Jennings, TheolaWeston\u00a0and Theodore\u00a0Weston, Jr.; two adopted sons: Dale Hull, Sr. and Herbert Coleman; six grandchildren: Samaria\u00a0Weston, Secricia\u00a0Weston, Kevin Bannister, Jr., Shireena (Jeremy) Weaver, Jovon Jennings and Maegoine Rockwell; eight great-grandchildren: Cayden Arps, Jailynn Weaver, Nevaeh Bannister, Elijah\u00a0Weston, Tomaria Pope, Josiah Pope, Eniyah Pope and Braden Rockwell; two sisters: Mary Jamison and Beulah Avant; two sisters-in-law: Lasalle Bailey & Elizabeth Smith; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and special friends. Community Viewing for Mrs.\u00a0Weston\u00a0will be Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Breath of Life Ministries, 4185 East AJ Highway, Morristown. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, with the funeral service following at 1 p.m. Interment will follow the service at Hamblen Memory Gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

Shirley Jo\u00a0Weston, age 78, of Morristown, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 12, 2016 surrounded by family. She was born on April 18, 1938 in Morristown, Tennessee to Rev. Armstead Wilson & Irene Lucretia Wilson. She was a graduate of Judson S. Hill School.\u00a0 In 1961, she married Theodore\u00a0Weston, Sr., and from their union came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3333"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3376,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333\/revisions\/3376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}