Shirley served in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950’s. After her service, she settled in Baton Rouge to raise her family. Once all of her children were in school, she returned to work as a receptionist for the LTA (currently LAE) for many years until her retirement.
She is survived by four daughters, Shari Harvey, Sharla Campos, and Kathy Harvey all of Baton Rouge, LA and Tena Harvey of Wylie, TX.; six grandchildren, John Stephen Land, Jr., Taylor Harvey and wife Rachel, Olivia Harvey, Madison Martin, Callahan Martin, and Jordan Martin; and seven great-grandchildren, Abrianna Land, John “Bubber” Stephen Land III, Hayden Calle, Keaton Harvey, Hart Heard, Hawkens Harvey, and Vilah Fugate.
She is preceded in death by her former husband and father to her children, Loy F. Harvey and brother, Richard “Dick” Kilpatrick.