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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Ron Newberry will officiate. Burial will follow in Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy.Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday and from noon until the hour of services Saturday.Pallbearers will be Greg Dodson, Neil Dodson, Adam Trahan, Noel Trahan, Todd Shupp and Chris Knight.Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to The Lupus Foundation of America, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20037 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105-9959.She  was born April 30, 1974, in Phoenix, daughter of Sondra (Wheatley) Shupp of Troy and the late Robert “Bob” Shupp. She had served in the United States Marine Corps, was a school teacher and a was member of Troy Church of Christ.In addition to her mother, she is survived by one daughter, Mikayla Shupp of Troy; and one brother and sister-in-law, Robert Todd Shupp and Yolonda Shupp of Troy.Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.Published 11.29.18 Related Posts...