Willie B. Shorter, Lawrence

Services for Willie B. Shorter, 59, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship Church. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Shorter died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, in Lawrence.

He was born Oct. 3, 1945, in Hollandale, Miss., the son of Collins and Mary Lee McDonald Shorter.

Mr. Shorter worked as a dietitian aide at Missouri State Hospital in St. Louis. He worked part time after he retired at the hospital until Feb. 1, 2002. He was a former member of the Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include two daughters, Sharon Walker and Detra Brady, both of St. Louis; two sons, Willie D. and Corey, both of St. Louis; three brothers, Q.C., Chicago, and Collins Jr. and Larry, both of Lawrence; a sister, Lillie Davis, Lawrence; and five grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Assn., sent in care of the mortuary.

E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Shorter.