According to the obituary on the Birmingham News Website, Laverne P. Shannon of Birmingham passed away Friday, Dec. 7 , 2007 at a local hospital with her husband, children and grandchildren at her bedside. She was 75.

Mrs. Shannon taught High School English at E.B. Erwin and the Jefferson County System for more than 30 years.

She was very proud of the impact many of her former students made in their communities. Nanny enjoyed reading good books, sewing, and spoiling her grandchildren and great-grand-children rotten.

Visitation will be held Sunday afternoon from 3: 30 P.M. until 6 P.M.

Funeral services will be held Monday, December 10, 2007 at Ridout’s Trussville Chapel at 11 A.M. with Reverend Shawn Morgan officiating. Burial will follow at Jefferson Memorial Gardens East.

Mrs. Shannon was preceded in death by her parents, the Reverend and Mrs. Sam H. Peyton of Mississippi; and her three brothers, Howard, W.E., and Richard Peyton. Survivors include: her husband of 57 years, Vincent E. Shannon, Jr.; her five children, Deidre Puryear (Ronnie), Jacque Kelly, Vince Shannon (Fay), Kathy Wren (Jack) and Christy Gay (Mike), all of Birmingham; her grandchildren, Dee Dee Puryear, Eric Kelly, Clay and Luke Shannon, Ron Puryear (Leslie), Scott Kelly (Brandy) and Katie Banks; her great-grandchildren, Peyton and Lexi Lang, Brelyn Kelly, Jada Kelly, Emma and Ella Puryear; her brother, David Peyton of Mobile; and her aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to either St. Jude Children’s Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or to the Greater Birmingham Humane Society 300 Snow Drive Birmingham, AL 35209.
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I did not have Mrs. Shannon as an English teacher. To me, She was a fun person to know and a loving mother of my friends in the old neighborhood.

I bet her yard was rolled more times than any teacher in the school system but she just laughed it off and made her kids clean it up : )

Although Mrs. Shannon knew I participated a time or two in devilment on her yard (dead fish heads, guts, tails) she always smiled at me and welcomed me into her home.

My condolences go out to the Shannon family.

Mike Douglas
Pinson, Alabama