Services will be private.
She was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Gertrude Kiser Shuping and was also preceded in death by husbands, Willis "Bill" Edwards and William "Bill" Sparklin; daughter, Wanda Ellison Mullane; son, James Ellison; sisters, Pauline Nichols and Helen Rae Lyerly; brothers, Jay Shuping and Billy Joe Shuping.
Lydia is survived by her daughter, Helen Ellison Collins; son, Robert Marion Ellison, Jr.; sister, Lola Ann Furr; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Loflin Funeral Home of Liberty is honored to serve Lydia's family.