PASTOR MARION SHROPSHIRE, 78, WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2015 SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND FAMILY. HE WAS BORN MAY 24, 1936 IN LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA TO THE PARENTS OF SAMUEL & NANCY (SMITH) SHROPSHIRE. REVEREND SHROPSHIRE WAS ORDAINED IN 1968 & SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PASTOR OF THE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FOR APPROXIMATELY 34 YEARS. HE WAS APPOINTED AS PASTOR BY OVERSEER MATTIE M. BRANTLEY IN 2002. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEACON BOARD, SUPERINTENDANT OF SUNDAY SCHOOL, TRUSTEE, MISSIONARY & WORSHIP LEADER. PASTOR SHROPSHIRE WAS A DEDICATED LEADER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY & IN ALL CHURCH AUXILLARIES. MARION RETIRED FROM NAVISTAR-INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER AFTER 43.9 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MASON AND A MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION LODGE #15 FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND & MARION & MARY SHROPSHIRE CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 24, 2014. HE WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL FATHER & ROLE MODEL TO ALL OF HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN & CHURCH FAMILY. PASTOR MARION SHROPSHIRE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING & DEVOTED WIFE, MARY E. (BRANTLEY) SHROPSHIRE OF SPRINGFIELD OHIO; HIS DAUGHTERS, VICKIE (MICHAEL) TURNER OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, JOANNA (MICHAEL) WARD OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, MARIAN KAY (TIMOTHY) VANCE OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, TAMARA SHROPSHIRE OF CINCINNATI, OHIO; SON-IN-LAW, JAMES DAY OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO; HIS 9 GRANCHILDREN CINDY TURNER, STEPHEN (SHEENA) WARD, MICHAEL (EBONIQUE) TURNER II, MICHAEL (BRITTANY) WARD II, JAMES (TED) DAY, ANTHONY (AJ) WARD, CHARLES (ALEX) DAY, RACHEL WARD, & ASHA VANCE; 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JAYDEN, JORDEN, MAKIAYA, LAILA, & RILEY; TWO BROTHERS, DONALD ROBINSON OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS AND HENRY (NORMA) SHROPSHIRE OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO AND A HOST OF NEPHEWS, NEICES, OTHER RELATIVES, CHURCH FAMILY & FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SAMUEL & NANCY SHROPSHIRE; FATHER & MOTHER -IN-LAW, BISHOP CHARLES H. BRANTLEY & OVERSEER MATTIE M. BRANTLEY; DAUGHTER DEBORAH (SHROPSHIRE) DAY; SIBLINGS SAM SHROPSHIRE JR., MARGUERITE (SHROPSHIRE) MITCHELL, ANDREW SHROPSHIRE, GEORGE SHROPSHIRE, SM (JACK) SHROPSHIRE, BRUCE SHROPSHIRE, JD SHROPSHIRE, & MARGIE (SHROPSHIRE) CUSTER.

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