Shelby Cook Duffy

A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 565 Wimbish Road, Macon with the Rev. Debra Tregaskis officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. Interment will follow the service at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery, 3969 Mercer University Drive, Macon. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Northminster Presbyterian Church, 565 Wimbish Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Nephews will be pallbearers, Lonnie Cook, Jr., Kayle D. Cook, Ande Thompson, Jacob Cook, Daniel Pitzer, Dustin Cook and Paul Driver and great-nephews will be honorary pallbearers.

Shelby was born on January 14, 1947, in Macon, Georgia to Harold and Margaret Cook. She attended elementary school in Bibb County until 1955 when her family moved to Perry, Georgia. She graduated from Perry High School in 1965 and attended Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Georgia. In 1966 she began working at Robins Air Force Base in the Civilian Personnel/Human Resources Directorate and retired in 2003. Her entire career was spent in the Civilian Personnel/Human Resources Directorate retiring as a supervisory personnel management specialist.

In 1978 she married Paul Anderson Duffy, Jr. They celebrated 47 years together. She was a faithful member of Northminister Presbyterian Church in Macon where she taught Sunday school for many years.

In younger years she enjoyed playing tennis, going to the beach, attending craft shows where she always bought something, and going on weekend trips with her mama and sisters that were always her treat. She was a talented decorator and had a lovely home. She especially delighted in decorating her home and yard at Christmas. She hosted many events.

In her retirement years she was a devoted caregiver for family members, enjoyed working in her yard, interior decorating, researching family history and writing poems about her family and friends, and enjoyed the company of her husband and precious doggies.

She was predeceased by her parents, Harold Walter Cook and Margaret Arnold Cook of Perry, Georgia; a brother, Lonnie Harold Cook, Sr.; a sister Emily Cook Ratterree; two nieces, Stacy Ratterree Young, and Kelly Ratterree; a nephew, Charles Benjamin Cook; a great nephew J.R. Driver; great niece, Brittany Cook; step son, Paul Anderson Duffy III (Adam), and a brother-in-law, Wendell Ratterree.

She is survived by her loving husband, Paul Anderson Duffy, Jr. (Andy); sister, Mary Frances Cook Thompson (Robert) of Perry, Georgia; a brother, Charles L. Cook (Susan) of Cartersville, Georgia; her aunt, Betty C. Smith of Gray; sisters-in-law Melanie Duffy Taylor of Harvest, Alabama, and Monica Cook of Byron, Georgia.

While Shelby had no children of her own, she was a loving and caring aunt to all her nieces and nephews and their families whom she loved as if they were hers. She leaves 39 of them to cherish her memory, along with 12 first cousins with whom she kept in touch with on a regular basis. Shelby came from a long line of love which grew from early childhood and continued throughout her entire life…the love shared with all her family was one of her greatest joys.

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Snow’s Memorial Chapel, Bass Road, has charge of the arrangements.