Shirley Foster Shabazz, age 66, of Stafford, Virginia, parted this life on Thursday, August 22, 2024. Shirley was baptized and joined First Morning Star Baptist Church in Hayes in August 1968. She later joined the Living Faith Christian Center on February 5, 2012, in Newport News, Virginia, where she served in the Hospitality Ministry. Shirley attended Gloucester High School. She worked for the United States Postal Service as a postal carrier and clerk for several years and retired in May 2006. In April 1975, she married Robert Anthony Gregory, and two children were born to this union: Tanika Lyna Gregory (deceased) and Robert Anthony Gregory Jr. Shirley was loved by many, especially her family and friends. She loved her children and grandchildren unconditionally. She enjoyed helping others, doing arts and crafts, playing family board games with her grandchildren, and spending quality time with family. She always provided a welcoming, warm sense of hospitality to family and friends no matter what the occasion. When food was involved, she would always step up to help and make the necessary provisions for any event. During the holidays, she enjoyed baking and making confectionaries for everyone in the family and community. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Viola Foster; her daughter, Tanika Lyna Gregory; brothers, Madison Lee and Maurice Foster. She is cherished in memory by her son, Robert Gregory, who resides in Gloucester County, and two bonus children, Ayesha Delpeche and Malikah Delpeche, who currently reside in Florida; eight grandchildren, Sherkara Gregory, Mia Crowell, Ashonte Gregory, Tariq Gregory, Saleemah Gregory, Kaden Gregory, Rhykeesia White, Robert Gregory III; two great-grandchildren, Aniyah Gregory and Aaliyah Crowell; sisters, Hazel Norris, Vanessa West, Patricia Trepeta and husband Warren Trepeta, and Charlene Foster; brothers, Franklin Foster and Tyrone Foster and wife Brigetta Foster; aunts and uncles, John Lee (Lenora Lee), Alberta Jackson, Alma Lee, Beatrice Lee, Catherine Lee, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 31, 2024, from 11-11:45 a.m. at Hogg Funeral Home, followed by a Celebration of Life service in the chapel at noon. The inurnment will follow at First Morning Star Baptist Church Cemetery, 8906 Guinea Road, Hayes, Va. 23072.
Services under the direction of Hogg Funeral Home.