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Submitted: 12/8/23 • Approved: 12/9/23 • Last Updated: 12/12/23 • R1510696-G1510696-S3
March 12, 1930 - July 15, 2018
Susie Bernice Shinault, 88, of Fort Smith, Arkansas passed from this life on July 15, 2018.
She was born March 12, 1930, in Fort Smith, to the late Ben and Laura Holmes Howard.
Susie attended grade schools in Fort Smith, and after high school went to Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree. She later relocated to Chicago, where she met and married the late Clifford Shinault Sr. and moved residence to Yonkers, New York. She worked many years in bookkeeping and accounting for the Gestetner Corporation. She was an active member of Institutional AME Zion Church in Yonkers, where was a member of various boards and church activities. After retiring from Gestetner, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she served in the Senior Group at St. Philip AME Church for more than 25 years and was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Susie was passionate about her love for crocheting and knitting, and will be remembered for her famous dishcloths that she handcrafted and so generously gave to everyone.
She is survived by her son Ronald Shinault, his wife Karen of Rio Rancho, New Mexico; grandson Ronald Shinault, Jr., his wife Jessica, and great-grand daughter Melia of San Carlos, California; granddaughter Ashley Hannon, her husband Craig and great-grand daughter Olivia of Sacramento, California; sisters, Thelma Henderson of Gary, Indiana and Lelia Sweet of Tacoma, Washington.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents, sisters, Thee Juana Cullers, Katherine Wilson and Bennie White, and a brother, JW Howard.
The family will greet friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday July 20, 2018 at Edwards Funeral Home. The Graveside funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday July 21, 2018 at Roselawn Cemetery. Services and arrangements are under direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 12/8/23 by Billsully060
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