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Shannon Myers, 72, Vandalia

Shannon G. Myers, 72, of Vandalia, passed away Monday, May 31, 2021, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Graveside Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 12, at Fairlawn Cemetery, Vandalia, with Pastor Joe Lawson officiating. Friends and family may gather at the cemetery at 9:30 a.m. Memorials may be made to the Family. Miller Funeral Home, Vandalia, is in charge of arrangements. Online memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.millerfh.net.

She was born March 2, 1949, in East St. Louis, the daughter of Vivian Virginia (Vanatwarp) and Lionel Bowlin, Sr. She married Eddie Gene Myers, Sr. on December 24, 1963 in East St. Louis; he passed away November 6, 1982. She was retired from Imco Container Corp., Vandalia, former member of Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles Club, and affiliated with First Baptist Church/Unity, Vandalia.

She is survived by a son, Eddie Myers, Jr. and Leona, Aurora, MO; daughters, Angella Myers, Vandalia, Joyce Hagy and Robert, Ramsey, and Regina Myers and special friend Brad Dunaway, Vandalia; and sister – Frances Elmore and Tom, O’Fallon, MO.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers and a sister.