Shirley Lewis-Bobo was born to the late Will Lewis Jr. and the late Norma Jean Miller on January 9, 1955 in Earle, Arkansas.

Shirley attended Dunbar High School in Earle, Arkansas. She professed her belief in Christ at an early age. She relocated from Arkansas to East St. Louis in 1972. She later met Curtis Bobo Sr., "Wookie" as she so affectionately called him, and they wed on December 19, 1994.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Bobo Sr., her parents, Will Lewis and Norma Jean Miller, her stepmother, Elnora Lewis, four sisters, Beatrice, Trudy, Charlean, and Emma, five brothers, Jerry, Willie, Arthur, Joe, and Robert.

She leaves to cherish her memories one daughter, Monica Bobo of Cahokia, IL; five sons, Curtis Lewis Sr. of Belleville, IL, Karriem Lewis of Fairview Heights, IL, Jermaine Lewis of Cahokia, IL, Mark Lewis of Baltimore, MD, and Carnell Lewis of Springfield, IL; eight sisters, Mary Williams (Robert) of Belleville, IL, Ruby Jordan (Demetrius) of Fairview Heights, IL, Bernice Sims of Springfield, IL, Betty Jefferson, Mary Smith, and Sharon Granger (Warren) of West Memphis, AR, and Queen Wright of Marion, AR; three brothers, Herman Jefferson and Joseph Smith of Belleville, IL, Frank Moore of Milwaukee, WI; three sisters-in-law, Martha Jane Donnerson and Ethel Chandler of West Memphis and Jeanette Supunchi of Illinois; one brother-in-law, Robert Lee Bobo; one aunt, Bertha Mae Miller. She leaves thirty-one grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.