Mrs. Shirley Baggett Brown, age 80 of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Sunday July 9, 2023 at her residence. She was born April 6, 1943 in Whitfield County, a daughter of the late William Paul and Ida Burgess Baggett. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ronald Brown, brother, J.W. Baggett, sister and brothers-in-law, Mary Nell and Ruben Norris, Vercell and Edward Luffman, Vivian and Norman Hollis, Jewell Baggett, Andy Kirby.

She was a member of the Center Point Baptist Church. She was a 1962 graduate of Valley Point High School. She worked for many years at Dalton Junior College and retired from Whitfield County Schools in 2006.

Shirley is survived by her daughter, Dana Brown of Dalton, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Brent and Lori Brown of Calhoun, GA.; her grandchildren, Haley and Charlie Barrett, Spencer Brown, Holly Grace Brown, and Andrew Brown; sister, Geneva Kirby of Dalton, GA; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Frances Baggett of Chatsworth, GA, Annie Ruth Brown, Dimple and Vinson Smith of Resaca, GA; special friends, Carolyn Johnson of Lexington, TN., Pat Brooker of Dalton; a host of church family, friends, nieces, and nephews also survive.

The service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Shirley Baggett Brown will be held on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 3:00 P.M. at Center Point Baptist Church with Reverend Mathew Futch and Reverend George Ross officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 13, 2023 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM at the church.

Arrangements by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton, Georgia, 30721, 706.226.4002www.selectedindependentfuneralhomes.org and www.ogr.org.