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In Loving Memory Susie Vetress Shields 8/5/1924 - 3/8/2010

Sue Shields, 85, of Weatherford, passed away Sunday, March 07, 2010 in a Fort Worth hospital.  Sue was born August 5, 1924 in Pioneer, Texas to Herbert Payne and Minnie Lee Marlin.

Sue loved to cook and play cards, dominos and board games.  She enjoyed Sunday School and loved The Lord.  Sue enjoyed spending time with family and sharing memories with grandchildren.  She and her late husband Garland, who worked in the oil fields, traveled around the world twice together until his retirement in 1983.  Sue was also preceded in death by a son Garland Jr.

Survivors include daughters, Donna Graham and husband Jerry and Valta Faye Nelson and husband Roger; four granddaughters, Melissa Griffith, Kirsten Simenson, Michelle Farr and Vanessa Griffith; twelve great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and sister-in-law, Dee Wilkenson.

A funeral service will be held at 10 AM Wednesday in the Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel.  Burial will be in Laurel Land Cemetery.  Visitation is from 6 to 8 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.