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Carolyn Ann Tapp Shields, 80, of Greenville, passed away on July 12, 2025, in McKinney, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 17, 2025, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Bench officiating. Visitation will be 1:00 P.M. until service time. Interment will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.
Carolyn was born July 14, 1944, in Greenville, Texas to Raymond Tapp and Cordelia Hembree Tapp. She married George Shields on February 12, 1971, in Greenville, Texas. She worked as a Health Services Paraprofessional at Greenville ISD and was a long-time member of First Baptist Church of Greenville.
She is survived by her husband, George Shields; son, Rod Cook and spouse, Terry Jones; daughters, Holly Walker and husband, Key Walker, Andrea Lucas and husband, Patrick Lucas and Becky Shields; grandchildren, Ashley and Chad Waters, Mason Lucas, Emily and Clayton Stewart, Logan and Julia Lucas, Sydney Walker, Jaxey Walker and Jude Walker; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Robert Dane Shields; and twin grandchildren, Carson and Ryley Walker.
Pallbearers will be Jude Walker, Hunter Waters, Kaden Waters, Chad Waters, Clayton Stewart, Logan Lucas, and Mason Lucas.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Folks, Ronnie Lamb and Don Garrett.
Memorials may be made to SEEK Camp, checks payable to: Megan Racca, 5905 Flint Ridge Drive, Flower Mound, Texas 75028
Carolyn was born July 14, 1944, in Greenville, Texas to Raymond Tapp and Cordelia Hembree Tapp. She married George Shields on February 12, 1971, in Greenville, Texas. She worked as a Health Services Paraprofessional at Greenville ISD and was a long-time member of First Baptist Church of Greenville.
She is survived by her husband, George Shields; son, Rod Cook and spouse, Terry Jones; daughters, Holly Walker and husband, Key Walker, Andrea Lucas and husband, Patrick Lucas and Becky Shields; grandchildren, Ashley and Chad Waters, Mason Lucas, Emily and Clayton Stewart, Logan and Julia Lucas, Sydney Walker, Jaxey Walker and Jude Walker; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Robert Dane Shields; and twin grandchildren, Carson and Ryley Walker.
Pallbearers will be Jude Walker, Hunter Waters, Kaden Waters, Chad Waters, Clayton Stewart, Logan Lucas, and Mason Lucas.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Folks, Ronnie Lamb and Don Garrett.
Memorials may be made to SEEK Camp, checks payable to: Megan Racca, 5905 Flint Ridge Drive, Flower Mound, Texas 75028