Betty Shockley

Funeral services will be held at 4:00 pm on Sunday, January 31, 2010 in the Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers for Betty Shockley, 84, who passed away on January 28, 2010 at 4:10PM at Lafayette General Medical Center. Reverend Luther Burney, Assistant to the Pastor of First Baptist Church, will conduct the funeral services. Mrs. Shockley, a resident of Lafayette, LA, was the daughter of the late Troy Brannon of Texas and Ollie Bordelon Brannon of Marksville, LA. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lafayette. She was always involved with community activities and spent many hours doing community service. She was one of few women allowed to be a Cub Scout Leader for her four sons in the 1950's. She loved gardening, exercising, dancing, pets and of course, card games (poker) and she was the Senior Citizen Olymipic Grand Champion for billiards. Betty loved to travel and was always on the move and made many friends wherever she lived. During all the moves, she worked at many different occupations including being a Recreational Director at Rosewell Air Force Base and Shumpert Hospital in Shreveport, Nursing Assistant at Barksdale Air Force Base on the OB-GYN Ward and a Veterinarian Assistant. Betty's feisty and adventurous spirit inspired everyone she knew, always making a difference in their lives. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. Special thanks to Dr. Jeffery Thibodeaux, Dr. Deborah Johnson, the staff of Lafayette General Oncology Ward and the staff of Hospice of Acadiana for their kind and considerate care. She is survived by sons, Arthur Brannon Shockley, Bruce Eldridge Shockley and Branford Ray Shockley; daughters, Susan Shockley Moncrief and her husband, George Moncrief, Kellie Shockley Sims and her former husband Jim Sims; eleven grandchildren, Christopher Shockley, Summer Shockley, Michelle S. Killinger, Shea Shockley, Amanda Judice Forness and her former husband, Matt Forness, Malerie Judice, Graham Sims, Adrie Sims Lester, Michael Bass, Catherine Bass, Theresa Bass and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Barry Thomas Shockley and her former son-in-law, Wayne Judice. The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Sunday, January 31, 2010 from 3:00 pm until service time at 4:00 pm at Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers in Lafayette. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Faith House of Acadiana, P. O. Box 93145, Lafayette, LA 70509 or Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston Street, Ste. 200, Lafayette, LA 70506 or www.hospiceofacadiana.com or the Wild Cat Foundation, 1001 East St. Mary Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506 Personal condolences may be sent to the Shockley family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Betty Shockley

March 31, 1925 - January 28, 2010