Shelley Stormes, 46, of Alma, Arkansas passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019 in a Fort Smith hospital. Describing Shelley’s love for life is like naming the color of a sweet summer breeze. Perhaps a great poet will do that someday. Like the wind, Shelley blew into our lives and, at times, provided the very air we needed to breath. From the gentle breeze of singing a mother’s loving lullaby to her children, to a hurricane force gale that she would unleash on anyone that would threaten those she loved, Shelley was a force of nature that touched the lives of everyone who was lucky enough to cross her path. Shelley loved time with family and friends more than anything else, especially the one-on-one time she had with each of us. She knew how to make any day special for the one she was with. She loved music, concerts, good movies and a gathering of family and/or friends. She coached little league, was a rodeo queen, a Macy’s dancer in the parade, a great co-worker to 100’s over the years and a best friend, loving mother and soulmate. Simply put, Shelley was a star on this earth, and her smile, like the sun, lit up our world. She joined the stars in heaven way too soon for us all. She is now, and forever will be, our loving guardian angel. All our love.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Monday, August 12 at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel in Greenwood with burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Hackett. Viewing will be Sunday from 1 – 8 p.m. at the funeral home, where the family will visit with friends from 5 – 7 p.m.
She is survived by her fiancée, Tracy Watson; two sons, Mason Hunter of Little Rock and Drake Hunter of Alma; one step-son, Harrison Hunter of Fort Smith; one daughter, Rhiannon Posey of the home; her mother, Sharon Brewster of Van Buren; her father, Buddey Stormes of Hackett; two sisters, Aleasha Dees and husband, Bill of San Antonio and Renee Stormes of Jackson, MS; one sister-in-law, Holley Stormes of Fort Smith; two step-sisters, Carolyn Standrich and husband, Jim of Mustang, OK and Jan Evans and husband, Baker of Bella Vista and two step-brothers, Brent Brewster and wife, Jo of Florence, KY and Paul Brewster and wife, Debbie of Madison, IN . She was preceded in death by a brother, Tyler Stormes and her step-father, John Brewster.
