Shirley Ann Wharton
December 11, 1937 - February 9, 2022
WHARTON, Shirley Ann Champion, 84, resident of Prattville, AL, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Prattville Memorial Chapel at 11:00 am with Rev. Fred Bailey officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday at Prattville Memorial from 10:00 am until 11:00 am. Burial will follow at Prattville Memory Gardens with Prattville Memorial directing. Mrs. Wharton won the Carnegie Bronze Medal for Heroism in February of 1962. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Irene Champion; daughter, Dawn Rye; grandson, Justin Daniel Rye; sister, Pheba Bouldin and brother, Joe Clelon Champion, Jr. Mrs. Wharton is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Don Wharton; son-in-law, Danny Rye; one grandchild, Kayla Berry; two great-grandchildren, Connor Rye and Sadie Berry and sister, Martha Joe Richards. Pallbearers will be Brian Stewart, Steve Richards, Neal Champion, Chris Champion, Morris Jones and Scott Bouldin. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Susan Stewart and the Baptist Hospice caregivers, Jackie, Judy, Tracey and Brandon. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her honor to Baptist Hospice, 2001 E. South Blvd, Montgomery, AL, 36116.
WHARTON, Shirley Ann Champion, 84, resident of Prattville, AL, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Prattville Memorial Chapel at 11:00 am with Rev. Fred... View Obituary & Service Information