Obituary

Funeral services for Shala Lee (Allen) Cornelius, 34, of Abernathy will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2005, in the Abernathy First Baptist Church with Rev. John Lowrie, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy.

Ms. Cornelius died Sunday, March 20, in Vermont.

She was born Nov. 7, 1970 in Lubbock to Darvin and Joy (Wright) Allen. She graduated from Crosbyton High School in 1989, and married J. Paul Cornelius July 28, 1990 in Crosbyton. In 1992, Shala graduated from South Plains College as a respiratory therapist and had been employed by Covenant Medical Center for 12 years. In 2004, she began working at the Heart Hospital in Lubbock. She was currently living in Abernathy. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Kenneth and Ada Wright and Rupert and Maurine Allen.

She is survived by her son, J'Dereck Cornelius, and his father, J. Paul Cornelius, of Abernathy; her parents, Darvin and Joy Allen of Abernathy; a brother, Dereck Allen of Phoenix, Ariz.; several uncles, aunts, and cousins; and many friends. Pallbearers will be Dr. Mark Johnson, Lee Waters, Scott Blount, Clay Klatt, Rodney Huffaker, Jerry Johnson, David Thomas and Bobby Klatt.