Shirley Elizabeth Breland Wooten, widow of Jon M. Wooten, Sr., passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017 at Palmetto Health Tuomey after a brief illness.

Born in Ridgeland, she was a daughter of the late Laurie Cecil and Theora Gross Breland. Shirley will be remembered as an avid reader and enjoyed her work at the Sumter County Genealogical Society. She was a great wife and mother of Baptist faith and will be remembered for her kindness, soft-spoken manner and sense of humor. She will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her children Jon M Wooten, Jr (Cindy) of Ellicott City, Maryland, Diane Wooten and Debi Garland (Bobby) both of Phoenix, Arizona; grandchildren, Jessica Wooten, Jon Wooten and Henry Garland; siblings, Camilla Briner (Ken) of Hoschton, GA, Nona Carrette of Miller Place, NY, William L Breland of Charleston and Donna Watkins of Rock Hill; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Lucile Swalwell, and a brother, Laurie Breland.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 2nd in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2-3pm prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Sumter County Genealogical Society, 122 N Washington St, Sumter SC 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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