Shirley Joe Collins Shelby, 80, of Taylorsville, MS died Wednesday, December 06, 2017 at her residence in Taylorsville, MS. She was born Friday, July 16, 1937 in Ft Necessity, LA. Visitation will be held Friday, December 08, 2017 from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Taylorsville. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 08, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Taylorsville, MS. Burial will follow in Shelby Cemetery in Stringer, MS. Bro. Ron Swindall will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Taylorsville is in charge of arrangements. (601)785-6564 She is preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Shelby, father, John Jackson Collins, mother, Lessie Lucille McCarty Collins, daughter, Karen Shelby, son, Joey Shelby, sister, Mary Lavone Clarkson, sister, Elsie Odene Worthan, brother, Billy Jackson Collins, sister, Patsy Fae Miller. Survivors include her son, Arthur Shelby (Debbie), Taylorsville, MS, daughter, Carolyn Blalock (Frank), Taylorsville, MS, 7 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, sister, Willie Earl McNemar, CA, brother, John Wiley Collins (Johnnie Sue), Baton Rouge, LA. Pallbearers will be Christopher Shelby, Chris Jones, Benton Harris, Billy Joe Shelby, Paul Shelby, Max Shelby, Russ Shelby. An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com