Doris Earlene (Woodcock) Shaw, 66, of Early, Texas passed away Saturday, September 24, 2022. A visitation with family will be held at Heartland Funeral Home from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Monday, September 26, 2022. The Funeral will be at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 27, 2022 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Greenleaf Cemetery officiated by Chad Woodcock.
Earlene was born January 12, 1956 to Earl and Veda Woodcock in Brownwood, Texas. She attended Brownwood High School and Ranger College becoming a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and working as a nurse all her life. She enjoyed hunting with her brother, Ricky, fishing with her dad and later she enjoyed fishing with her oldest grandson, Robert. She loved shopping with her grandson, Matthew and gambling with grandson David. Earlene was fond of taking road trips and shopping with her daughter Miranda and granddaughter, Tristen. Tristen loved to wear matching ugly sweaters at Christmas time with her and the togetherness of family was Earlene’s favorite thing. She took the grandkids camping and always kept the biggest water gun for herself so she could soak the kids down. Earlene played the bass guitar in her church, Harvestime, which she had been a member for 28 years. Her hobbies were building and repairing whatever she wanted with her brother Jerry, she had every tool known to man. In her younger years Earlene enjoyed riding horses and motorcycles. Mom was a prankster and loved a good laugh and making others laugh. She had a way of knowing when a person was feeling down and a special way of picking them up and making them feel better. She loved her dogs and they were crazy about her. Earlene was the life of the party and will be missed greatly by all that knew her.
Earlene is survived by her husband, Gary Lynn of Early; daughters, Vickie Fulford of Fort Worth and Miranda Christner of Early; brothers, Ricky Woodcock and wife Sheila of Brownwood & Jerry Woodcock and wife Misty of Santa Anna; sister-in-law, Judy Karnes and husband Leo of San Angelo; grandchildren, Robert Jackson and wife Nadia, Matthew Jackson and wife Lily, David Jackson, Christopher Netherton, Taylor Netherton & Tristen Netherton; great grands, Mason, Jaxon, Samual; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Earlene was preceded in death by her husband, Monroe “Sonny” Shaw; son, Michael Shaw; brother, Tim Woodcock; sister-in-law, Pam Woodcock; and her parents, Earl and Veda Woodcock.
The family would like to express a special heartfelt thank you to Dr. Amy Tindol and Amy Anderson RN with Solaris Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Harvestime Church, 215 Homewood circle, Early, Texas 76802.
