Gladys Katherine Shannon 93, of Ardmore, TN passed peacefully on Monday, July 6, 2020 at Limestone Health and Rehab, Athens, Alabama.
Gladys was born early on a Wednesday morning, March 30, 1927 in Prospect, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Knox Colston and Nancy Littrell Colston.
She was a member of Ardmore First Baptist Church and a starting guard on the Ardmore High School girl’s basketball team.
Education was Gladys’s passion, turning numerous mirrors into windows during a life of teaching at East Limestone High School and Limestone County Career Technical Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years-John Ronald Shannon; one brother and a grandson.
Gladys is survived by her daughters, Shana Dee Sutherland and Sheila Dean Smith Hawkins; one grandson and three great grandchildren.
A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, AL at 11:00 AM with Pastor Rick Shannon officiating.
In lieu of flowers Gladys would have been moved with a thoughtful donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to end childhood cancer.
https://www.stjude.org/donate
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.ardmorechapel.com