Birchfield, Shannon Renea

Funeral services for Shannon Renea Birchfield, 38, of Longview, will be 
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2007, at the Trinity Baptist Church 
in Lakeport, with Dr. Gary Orr and the Reverend Ross Law officiating. 
Interment will follow at 2 p.m. in Law's Chapel Cemetery of Atlanta, 
Texas, under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview.

She passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at a hospital in Amarillo, Texas.

Shannon was born February 4, 1969, in Atlanta, Texas, where she lived until 
moving to Longview in 1981. She was a 1987 graduate of Pine Tree High School 
and attended floral designing school at Texas A&M University. She was a 
self-employed floral designer.

Lovingly referred to by her family as the "Chief," she was an active member 
of Trinity Baptist Church in Lakeport, where she was involved in the 
hospitality ministry as well as decorations. She loved to entertain for her 
friends and family with elaborately hand decorated cakes. Her gift to the 
world was her gift of floral design and her loving generous spirit.

Shannon was preceded in death by father, Jerry Birchfield; grandfather, 
Jack Birchfield; and grandparents, Newman "LC" and Myrtle Conner.

Those left to cherish her memory are her loving mother, Mary Jo Birchfield 
of Lakeport; sister and brother-in-law, Kellie and Nick Garza of Austin; 
brother, Glenn Conner of Lakeport; grandmother, Doris Birchfield; aunts and 
uncles, Martha and Charles Combs, Peggy and James Matthews, Sam Birchfield, 
Charles and Rita Birchfield, Norma and Claude King, Sally and David Lindsey 
and David and Sherry Birchfield; her beloved family friends, William and 
Carolyn Rhyne; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity 
Baptist Church Hospitality Ministries, P.O. Box 8286, Longview, TX 75607.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. this evening, June 15, 2007, at the funeral 
home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/15/2007.