Shirley Smith
May 4, 1952 – May 2, 2025
Shirley Jean Smith (McMahan/Jones), 72, of Sweet Home, passed away on May 2, 2025, surrounded by loving family.
Shirley was born in Norfolk, Neb., on May 4, 1952, to Avery “Mack” and Esther (Niemann) McMahan.
Shirley moved to Lebanon at the age of 5 with her family. She graduated from Lebanon High School in 1970 and married Danny Jones that summer. They had three children, Bradley, Carissa and Suzanne.
She later moved to Sweet Home, in June of 1983.
Shirley married Harland Smith on July 30, 1983, and they had a daughter, Ashley. Shirley lived in the same home until her death.
She worked at White’s Electronics for more than 40 years, where she held many titles, ending her career as engineering documentation administrator.
Throughout her life, Shirley enjoyed oil painting, gardening, attending concerts – George Strait was her all time favorite, Tom Petty, Air Supply, Bachman-Turner and the Righteous Brothers.
She also enjoyed traveling to sunny destinations where she could sunbathe for hours upon end.
Shirley is survived by her husband, Harland Smith of Sweet Home; children Bradley Jones of Santee, Calif., Keith and Carissa Logan of Albany, Suzanne Smith of Sweet Home, and Ashley and husband Chad Tenbusch of Sweet Home; siblings Helen Foster of Andersonville, Tenn., Bob and wife Betty McMahan of Vale, and Terry McMahan of Livingston, Texas; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; brothers Gary and Dennis McMahan’ and sister-in-law Chris McMahan.
A viewing will be at noon Saturday, May 17, followed by a service at 1 p.m. at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Gilliland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to request that any donations would be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in her name.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.