Shipley Rose Buckner

Shipley Rose Buckner, 18, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010. She was a senior at Baylor School of Chattanooga. She was a member of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad, Baylor Choir, Baylor Dance Team and the Baylor Theater. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Cleveland. Shipley lived life to the fullest and loved her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ralph Sr. and Stella Buckner and K.G. and Mable Edgemon. She is survived by her mother, Jan Edgemon Buckner; and father, Ralph Buckner, Jr. and wife, Chari; brother, Brandon Buckner; sisters, Stella Buckner and Paris Buckner, all of Cleveland; aunts and uncles, Anna Jean and Bobby Roberts and Alice and Johnny Powell, all of Decatur, Carolyn and Ken Barnett of Kingston, Libby and Dave Gregory, Becky Buckner, Linda and David Hunt and Judy and Sonny Harvey, all of Cleveland; and several cousins. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Cleveland with Pastor Allan Lockerman, Pastor Jim Gibson and the Reverend Max Morris officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Marty Gregory, Shane Roberts, Jason Powell, Kelly Barnett, Jacen Hunt, Paul Harvey and Eric Neff serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Baylor Senior Football Players and Varsity Cheerleading Squad. Her family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church. The family requests that memorials be made to the Shipley Buckner Scholarship Fund, c/o Bank of Cleveland, PO Box 5000, Cleveland, TN 37320. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Buckner family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.