Shirley Rae Shell Baumgardner, 70 of Gurdon passed from this life on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Prescott Manor Nursing Home, in Prescott. She had been a nursing home resident for the past seven years due to advanced stages of Alzheimer s disease. Shirley was born Nov. 24, 1939 in Big Creek (near Malvern) to Clyde Shell and Zola Cunningham Shell Etue. Residents of the Gurdon area will remember Shirley as the former manager of the Sonic Drive-In on Main Street. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and faithful friend. She will be greatly missed and will live in the hearts of family and friends forever. Shirley is preceded in death by her parents Clyde and Zola; infant twin sons of Clyde and Zola; step-father Alvin Etue; half-sister Linda Etue Knipper; brother Kenneth Shell, sister Marie Hightower and three grandchildren. Shirley is survived by two sons, Gaylon Baumgardner and wife Jill of Jackson, Mississippi and Kerry Baumgardner and wife Bea of Okolona, Mississippi; four daughters, Jackie Lunsford and husband Daryl of Gurdon, Nancy (Sissy) Marion of Little Rock, Vickie Jennings and son-in-law Robert Young of Arkadelphia and DeeAnn Flowers and husband Gary of Okolona; thirteen grandchildren, January Shultz and husband Kyle, Christie Hunt and husband Jason, Trish Hammerly and husband Justin, Justin Baumgardner and wife Jennifer, Josh Baumgardner, Sean Hughes and wife Jennifer, Kris Lunsford, Carlena Lunsford, Hannah Marion and husband Kenny, Jay Marion, Brandon Jennings, Nikki Jennings, and Lee Flowers; sixteen great-grandchildren, Weston Shultz, Haven Hunt, Christopher and Riley Hammerly, Heather, Deven and Page Hughes, Debbie Walker, Maddison and Noah Hookfin, Dominic and Natalie Jennings, Mia Woodley, Dontae Anderson, Naudia Caldwell, and Carlia Anderson; step mother Mary Etue of Zachary, Louisiana; half-brother Dean Etue and wife Penny of Baton Rouge, LA; step brother Milo Webber and wife Lori of Corvallis Oregon; two step sisters, Connie Bird of Zachary, Louisiana and Janna Rae Rhadus and husband Richard of Livingston Louisiana; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Sunday, Dec. 13th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home, 202 South 4th, in Arkadelphia. Funeral services will be Monday, Dec. 14th, 2:00 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home with Reverends John Graham and Lloyd Baumgardner officiating. Interment will follow at Big Creek Cemetery in Malvern. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer s Association, 7509 Cantrell Road, Suite 100, Little Rock, AR 72207. Arrangements are by Welch Funeral Home, 202 South 4th, Arkadelphia, AR 71923. Visit www.welchfh.net to sign the online guest book and view the video tribute.