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Shirley Marzett Butts

October 3, 1937 — November 8, 2024

Gulfport

Shirley Marzett Butts, age 87, of Gulfport, passed away on November 8, 2024.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Oren Butts; her parents, Andrew Howard Chaffin and Dovie Strickland Chaffin; 2 sisters, Kathern James and Mildred Geary; and brother, Ernie Chaffin.

Shirley is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Levins (Leslie); son, Cliff Butts (Nanette); 6 grandchildren, Thomas Butts, Nathaniel Levins, Julie Rossi, Freddie Stienwinder, Elizabeth Pociask, and Johnathan Levins; great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Butts worked in management for 17 years at Ford Motor Credit. 

The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, with the visitation for family and friends starting at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the O'Neal Rd. Church of Christ, 15121 O'Neal Road, Gulfport, MS 39503.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport is serving the family.

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