Shirley Tanner Styron

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Shirley Tanner Styron, 69, a native of Mobile and a resident of Gulf Shores, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 at a local hospital.

She was a member of New Life In Christ Church and attended Abiding Love Fellowship.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elton Tanner Sr. and Annie Mae Trippe Tanner; brother, Elton Tanner Jr., and son-in-law, Roy Canfield.

Survivors include her husband, Calvert “Sonny” Styron of Gulf Shores; four daughters, Carla Styron (Aubry) Jones of Theodore, Patricia Styron Canfield of Gulf Shores, Sharon “Sissy” Styron (T.J.) Becker of Bon Secour and Ashley “Bucky” Styron (Jeff) Cooper of Bon Secour; two brothers, Howard Tanner and Joe (Pansy) Tanner, both of Theodore; sister, Maxine (Ralph) Rogers of Theodore; grandchildren, Jenifer Pugh, Kimberly Beasley, Jeremy Cooper, Loren Somerset, Alyssa Cooper, Misti Whitehead, Shawnda Whitehead, Bart Whitehead Jr., Rachael Harms, Freddie Canfield, Angie (Bart) Whitehead and Billy Canfield; great-grandchildren, Brian Pugh, Andrew Pugh, Nathan Pugh and Ryleigh Beasley; other family and friends.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Foley. Visitation begins at 10 a.m. with funeral services at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 30 at Abiding Love Fellowship. Interment will follow at Vernant Park Cemetery.

The family requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society or Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Foley.