Shirley Noyd Edmond

Shirley was born to Alex Noyd Sr. and Vernice Williams Noyd in McNary, Arizona, Apache County. The family moved to Phoenix, Arizona when she was school age. Shirley graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary and Phoenix Union Highschool. After having three children, Shirley graduated from Mesa (Arizona) Community College Nursing (Registered Nurse) Program. When she remarried and had a growing family of five children, she received her Bachelor's in Nursing from the University of Phoenix at Colorado Springs. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents Alex Sr. and Vernice Noyd, her sister Daisy, brothers John Henry, Russell and Alex Jr., and her husband Johnnie Edmond. She is survived by her sisters Maudie Noyd and Bobbie Miller; children Vernon Calvin Jr., Gregory Calvin, Tanya Calvin, Kristi Edmond and Jonathan Edmond.

Shirley was an Orthopedic Nurse until she retired from UCHealth Memorial Hospital North, Colorado Springs. She also worked at other hospitals in the United States. As a military wife she had many friends across the United States and England whom she remained in contact with until her passing. Further she has eleven Grandchildren and four great grandchildren, scores of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relitives and friends who will dearly miss her loving presence in their lives.