Shirley Monette

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA… Mrs. Shirley Johnson Monette, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly of Dothan), died Wednesday, July 22, 2021, at her home. She was 72.

Celebration of Life services will be held at a 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 22, 2021 in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Matt Sasser officiating.   The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Monette, daughter of the late Grady Johnson and Willie Mae Carpenter Johnson, was a native of Geneva County. She formerly lived in Massachusetts for several years before returning to the Wiregrass area. Mrs. Monette was retired from the Dothan City Schools as a school bus driver. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Monette; sisters, Bobbie Metcalf, Betty Ann Raffield, and Faye Todd; brothers, Lamar Cawley, Charles Cawley, Billy Ray Johnson, and Wayne Johnson.

Surviving relatives include her two sons, Michael Monette and Nicholas Monette; sisters, Gail Reeves (Leo), Enterprise, Sue Ellenburg, Enterprise; brothers, Larry Johnson (Lori), Enterprise, Gerald Johnson (Angie), Ozark; sisters-in-law, Juanita Johnson, Chancellor and Patricia Johnson, Cottonwood; several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.