Shirley Bernadine Hedger, 83, of DeRidder, Louisiana passed from this life on Thursday, February 16, 2012.

Those left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Ada Mae Smith and husband Charles Leo Smith of DeRidder, Louisiana and Sherlie Eugeneia Owens of Bruner, Missouri; sisters, Faye Black, Audrey LaRoche, Cleone Tucker and Thelma Logan. She is survived by nine grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.   She is preceded in death by husband, Sherlie Eugene Hedger; daughter, Ginger Lee Hedger; grandchildren, Pauline Louise LaBrie and Eugene Leo Smith and sister, Leone Baxter and “only son, Blackie, the dog”.

Visitation will be held on  Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, Louisiana.  Funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 2:00pm also at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder.  Brother Bennie Keel will officiate. Burial will follow at Old Cypress Cemetery in DeRidder, Louisiana.