Shirley (Mimms) DeHay

Graveside funeral service for Shirley Mimms DeHay, 71, of Olar, SC will be held at three-thirty p.m., Sunday, March 27, 2022 in the Denmark Cemetery with Reverend Dr. Andy Sandifer officiating. The family will receive friends from two o’clock to three o’clock p.m. at Folk Funeral Home, Denmark, SC on Sunday. Memorial contributions may be given to The Memorial and Honor Program, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Shirley passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

Born in Orangeburg County, SC, she was a daughter of the late John A. Mimms and Jane Louise Sweatman Mimms and was married to the late Charles Franklin DeHay. She was a member of the Cana of Galilee Church. She earned a degree in Cosmetology and a BA in Early Childhood Education. Shirley was a beautician who enjoyed her work and loved getting to know her clients. She owned Janie’s Romper Room Day Care for a number of years and was a school bus driver for Denmark # 2 school district.

Survivors include daughters Angela (Jody) Still of Barnwell, Melissa (Chris) Platt of Denmark, Samantha DeHay and Rebecca DeHay; sons Roy DeHay of Georgia, Benjamin DeHay of OK, Michael DeHay of Greenville and Daniel DeHay of TN; sisters Patricia (Jay) Hughes of Bamberg, Laura (Marion) Kemmerlin of Orangeburg, Jonnie Oxnar of Columbia, and Michelle Tabler; grandchildren Nicole Still, Johnathan Way, Sarah DeHay, Patsy DeHay, Dominick DeHay, and Christian DeHay; great grandchildren Leo Still, Anthony Still, C.J. Way and Landon Still.

She was preceded in death by her children
April, February, Timothy and Katie DeHay; and a sister Lily Mimms.

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