Mrs. Glenda F. Shiver Birdashaw

Mrs. Glenda Faye Shiver Birdashaw, passed from this world to her heavenly home in the early hours of Wednesday, December 29, 2021. She had Alzheimer’s disease for 16 years, but was able to live on her own until 2014 when she made her home at Cypress Pond in Tifton and later moved to Pine Shadows Manor in her hometown of Sylvester. Glenda received wonderful care. Her family is eternally grateful to Joyce and Steve William, Pat and Michelle and staff, as well as Letha K. Hartley and staff. Mrs. Birdashaw has been cremated per her wishes and her cremains will be interred at her mother’s gravesite at Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester at a later time. Memorial services for Mrs. Birdashaw will be Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Banks Funeral Home Chapel in Sylvester at 3 o’clock. Visitation will be at 2:30. Reverend Ronnie Howell will officiate. Glenda Faye Shiver Birdashaw was born in Sumner GA on January 3, 1944, the daughter of the late Vernice F. Willis Shiver and Sgt Elvis M. Shiver. Her father was serving the United States Army in World War II, having been inducted April 19, 1943. He was able to go home to see Glenda when she was about 6 months old. He was a natural leader, friendly, farm trained and quickly made sergeant. He was Killed in Action on September 17, 1944, in Brittany, France. He is buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, Manche, France; services being conducted by a Protestant Chaplain of the United States Army. These places of burial for U.S. servicemen are maintained in perpetuity by the Government and are made as beautiful as possible. Although Glenda never had the opportunity to know her father, she was supported and learned about his life from his family, especially Pa Jack and Ma Cassie and many uncles and aunts. Her mother, a single mother in hard times, raised her wonderfully while working for a living to support her child. She also had wonderful support from Grandmother Maybelle, Granddaddy George, Uncle Grafton and Aunt Doris. She grew up playing with cousins from both the Willis and Shiver families, Patricia Ann, Boogie, Merlene, Joyce, and many more. She was raised in Sylvester. She loved nothing better than a hot buttered biscuit baked by Aunt Doris. Glenda had a very sweet personality and was never harsh. She was a good representative of her community and family. Glenda Graduated from Worth County High School in 1962 and then earned a business degree from South Georgia Technical and Vocational School. She joined the U.S. Air Force in 1965. During her service she was stationed in Puerto Rico, Colorado, Alaska (twice), Texas, Florida, North Dakota, Louisiana, and Georgia. TSGT Glenda Birdashaw retired as an Administrative Specialist from 20 years active duty in the United States Air Force in in November, 1987. She then worked for Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany GA for 10 years, retiring in 1997. Glenda was preceded in death by her mother and father, Vernice and Elvis Shiver; grandparents George and Mary Ethel Slocum Willis and Maybelle Willis; J. Jack Shiver and Cassie Willis Shiver; uncles and aunts Grafton and Doris Willis; Frank and Jessie Willis; Susie and Leroy Harris; Wallace Willis; Earl Willis and Mary Willis; and uncles and aunts from the Shiver side; cousins Mary Ethel Wright and Dallas Willis. She is survived by her cousins and caregivers Vickie and Billy Young, Theresa and Bob Vaglienti, Wendell and Ann Willis, Clari and Delbert Douglas, Cynthia Parrish, and Tony and Janet Willis, all of Worth County. Also surviving are Carol Dupree, Mary Seabolt, and Shirley DuBoise; George and Emma Willis, Patricia Ann Surles, Rodney and Jean Willis, Curtis and Regena Willis, and Linda W. Wilson and numerous others

Mrs. Glenda F. Shiver Birdashaw

January 3, 1944 - December 29, 2021