Shirley Caraway Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Shirley Caraway of Toomsuba, Mississippi, who passed away on July 12, 2023, at the age of 84, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Shirley Caraway to show support.

She was predeceased by: her husband Cleon "Pete" Caraway; her parents, Russell Holdcroft and Evelyn Holdcroft; her parents-in-law, Ben and Betty Caraway; her stepmother-in-law Mary Caraway; her sister Dot Purvis (Sammie Purvis); her siblings-in-law, Ethel Doner (Jessie), Jean Pickard (Chester "Bug"), Polly Caraway (Jessie), Betty Caraway (Milton), Rosie Caraway (Maurice), Myrtle Caraway (Tommy), Edna Caraway Smith, Irene Caraway Martin (John) and William Benjamin Caraway (Claude); and her nephews, Dewayne Purvis, Kevin Thorne, Odell, Bennie Curtis, Alan Smith, Mike, Johnny, Colen Paul and David Caraway.

She is survived by: her children, Greg Caraway (Susan) of Bandon, MS and Julie Rickles (Allen) of Toomsuba, MS; her grandchildren, Hannah Caraway (Gage), Nick Caraway of Brandon and Alyssa Rickles of Toomsuba, MS; her sisters, Bobbie Thorne (James) and Katheryn Stephens; and her sisters-in-law, Peggy Caraway and InSoon Caraway. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.