Memorial service for Shirley S. Cotten will be 3 p.m., Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Riverwood Family with burial in
Riverwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until the time of service.
Mrs. Shirley S. Cotten passed away on July 11th, 2022, in Sevierville TN, at
the age of 73. She was born October 13, 1948, in Lincoln County, to May
Ruth Young and Marley Wayne Scott.
She was the wife of Larry J. Cotten, they shared 54 years together. She
was a graduate of Brookhaven High School 1967. She worked as a
bookkeeper for several years early in her career until she and her husband
began their own business and traveled the South for thirty years attending
arts and crafts shows selling their ceramic hummingbird feeders.
Mrs. Cotten is survived by her husband Larry J. Cotten, her two daughters,
Cindy Hart (Len), Melanie McCreary (Rob); grandchildren, Marley Hart
Andrews, Michael Hart, Caleb, Josh and Anna Grace McCreary plus two
great grandchildren, Zollie and Grayson Andrews; and nephew, Jeff Brister.
She is preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter Hannah Hart;
nephew Scott Brister; sister Elaine Brister and brother-in-law Glen Brister.
