Soon after her birth the family moved to Seaside, California, where she attended Ord Terrace Elementary School, King Middle School, and graduated from Seaside High School. She went on to attend Monterey Peninsula College.
She worked as an In-Home Healthcare Provider for many years.
Shirley joined Bethel Baptist Church, where she worshipped for years. She moved her membership to Friendship Baptist Church, where she sang in the church choir.
Her hobbies were dancing, doing hair, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Shirley was preceded in death by her grandparents, her father, her mother, and her two brothers, Mario Hunter, and James Allen.
She leaves to cherish her memory a sister, Ceritia Allen; a son, De’Angelo Bright; a daughter, Tiffaney Birdsong; a granddaughter, Callie; a nephew, Rayshawn Cannaday; the Horne Family; the Dunn Family; the Hunter Family; the Cannaday Family; Nedia Battle, and a host of other family and friends.