NAME: Will Hertha Shields, Jr.

AGE: 74

RESIDENCE:  Overland Park, KS

DIED:     Wednesday, August 21, 2019

PLACE: Overland Park, KS

BACKGROUND

BIRTHDATE:   January 24, 1945

BIRTHPLACE:  Redwater, TX

OCCUPATION:   Worked as a Logistics Assistant Representative with TACOM for 18 years and retired Civil Service in Lawton, OK.

MILITARY AFFILIATION: Veteran of the United States Army (served 17 years, 10 months & 29 days as a Chief Warrant Officer)

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:   Member of the American Legion Post #0370 in Overland Park and a member of the Masonic Lodge #357 in Lawton, OK

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    Member of Martin Chapel CME in Redwater, TX and an attendee of Impact Fellowship Church in Overland Park, KS where he served as lead Usher and Chairman of the Wednesday Night Prayer Group for more than 15 years.

SURVIVORS

SPOUSE:   Shirley J. Baker-Shields of Overland Park, KS

DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW: Sharon and Gerald Bagby of Olathe, KS

SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Patrick and Barbie Shields of Olathe, KS and Will H. III and Senia Shields of Overland Park, KS

BONUS CHILDREN: Tanisha Baker of Irving, TX; Malcolm Baker of Texarkana, TX and Kimberly Baker-Jones and Marcus Jones of Fort Worth, TX

SISTERS AND BROTHER-IN-LAW: Georgia Mae and Woodrow Evans; Betty Jean Shields and Joyce Ann Henry of Redwater, TX

BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW: Clarence and Doris Shields of Maud, TX; Morris and Patricia Shields of Wake Village, TX and James Earl Shields of Nash, TX

13 GRANDCHILDREN

3 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

SERVICE:

TIME/DAY: Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.

PLACE:  Hopewell Temple CME Church

OFFICIATING: Pastor Kai Horn

EULOGIST: Rev. Levester Hardiman

VISITATION: Friday, August 30, 2019 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the mortuary

BURIAL:   Chapelwood Memorial Gardens

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  Will was preceded in death by his parents, the mother of his children - Rosie Lee Alexander-Shields and a brother - Robert Lee Shields.