Shirley May Johnson McAvoy age 85 of Smackover passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 at her residence.  Shirley was born on November 2, 1934 in the New London Community near Strong, AR to the late Ruby May McKinnon Johnson and Aylmer Rozelle Johnson.  Shirley was a former Union County Fair Queen, while in high school, and her first job was at the Rialto Theater.  She formerly worked at KTVE as a receptionist, where she actually initiated the idea to string lights on the TV tower.  Her idea was later put into action and is still lite with lights each year at Christmas time to this day.  She and her husband later owned and operated Smackover Pressure Service from 1978 until 1997.  She late owned and operated the American Café in Smackover, for six years until her retirement.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ralph J, McAvoy; four brothers, Roy Johnson, Gill Johnson, Claude Johnson, and Johnny Johnson; also, one sister, Mary Ellen Bates.

Survivors include; one daughter, Joellen Wright; one son, Mike McAvoy both of Smackover; step daughter, Becky Ferguson of Pine Bluff; two grandchildren, Arthur Wright and Laura Wright, both of Smackover; two great grandchildren, Zoe and Sterling McIntosh, both of Parkers Chapel; one brother, George Wallace Johnson of Lake Jackson, TX along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Perry's Funeral Chapels in El Dorado.  Graveside services will follow at 2:00 pm at Smackover Cemetery, with Bro. David Bush officiating.  Burial will follow under the direction of Perry's Funeral Chapels.