Mrs. Ida Mae Shaw

May 25, 1925 - August 22, 2014

Funeral Services for Ms. Ida Mae Shaw, 89, will take place 10:00 AM Saturday, August 30th at the General Trass High School Auditorium. Visitation is 1 to 5 PM Friday, August 29th in the Brannum Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Gaither Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brannum Funeral Home, Inc. Ida Mae Shaw was born May 25, 1925 in Lake Providence, LA to Mother and Father Wilson. Later, she met Willie Shaw whom she married. She returned to Las Vegas and worked at the Fremont Hotel until she retired; Ida Mae moved back to Lake Providence in 1973 where she worked the fields. Later, she worked for the Howards until she was no longer able to work. Ida Mae was baptized January 1, 1987 under the leadership of Pastor Robert Hunter at the Church of Christ in North Las Vegas, Nevada. She later united with Star Bethel Lake Providence, Louisiana in January, 2006 under the pastorate of Rev. Charles Stubblefield. Our mother worked hard to make sure we had what we needed. She departed this earthly life on August 22nd, 2014 at 2:00 A.M. She lived a full and blessed life. Our family thanks God for her love, strength and guidance which we will keep in our hearts and cherish for the rest of our lives. She will be forever loved and missed by many and the love she had will always flash in our lives, forever. She was the last of her siblings that God called home. With love from her children, We thank God for her life. Preceding her in death were her parents Walter Sonny Wilson and Harriet Paige Wilson, her husband, Willie Shaw , brothers Eddie, Andrew, Ester, L.C. Walter, Fox, and T.J., her sisters, Beatrice and Henrietta, her children Ethel Lee, Deborah, Willie, Jr., Hattie Mae and Eddie. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Betty, Billie, Girtlee, Elizabeth, Rosalyn and sons, Joe, Daniel and Bill along with a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.