Shirley L. Markey

December 18, 1937 - February 17, 2015

Funeral Services for Shirley L. Markey, 77, of Maydelle, TX, will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rusty Sherman officiating. Burial will take place at Mt. Comfort Cemetery, Maydelle, TX under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Rusk, Texas. Mrs. Markey was born December 18, 1937 to the late Guy and Ora Benge. She has been a lifelong Baptist and is a member of the First Baptist Church in Maydelle. She enjoyed cooking, flower gardening, making decorative tablecloths and holiday decorating, as well as being the neighborhood mom who loved kids. She is predeceased by her parents, and her husband C.J. Markey II. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law James and Janice Markey, Wisner, LA, sons Bruce Markey, Maydelle, TX, Craig Markey, Maydelle, TX, David Markey, Houston, TX, grandson Jerret Markey, Wisner, LA and brother Bobby Joe Benge, Waco, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2015 at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Bruce Markey, Craig Markey, James Markey, Dave Markey, Tracy Benge, and Charles Russell.