Mrs. Shirley Ann Hopkins Dutton, age 78, of Cedartown, GA, left this world to meet her Heavenly Father Tuesday May 20, 2025, with her loving family by her side.

The youngest of four children, she was born Cedartown’s “Baby New Year” January 1, 1947, the daughter of the late Fred Lee Hopkins and the late MaeDell Brumitt Hopkins of Cedartown.

A proud Cedartown Bulldawg through and through, Mrs. Dutton was a 1964 graduate of Cedartown High School. August 7 of that same year, she went on to marry the love of her life, Mr. J.L. Dutton of Rockmart, to whom she was married for almost 61 wonderful years.

After high school, she worked for the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources as a Compliance Officer, retiring after 26 years of faithful service. While she lived in the Carrollton and Villa Rica areas for over 40 years, Cedartown would always be her home and she moved back for the last 11 years of her life.

Mrs. Dutton made a lasting impact on many lives and her memories will be forever cherished by her family.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Dutton is preceded in death by her siblings, Doris Hopkins Ferguson, Melvyn Hopkins, and Evelyn Hopkins Myers; and her grandson, Travis Justin Lugo. Heaven opened its gates and let her run into her grandson’s arms as she had so longed for to happen.

Mrs. Dutton is survived by her loving husband, J.L. Dutton; daughter, Krista Whittington; grandchildren, Anthony Lugo and Cynthia Lugo; and great-grandchildren, Emily Lugo and Alexa Lugo.

Funeral services for Mrs. Dutton will be conducted Friday May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM in the chapel of the Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home with Rev. Anthony Trawick officiating. Interment will follow in Polk Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday May 23 prior to the service from 1:00 PM until the service hour at 3:00 PM.

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The Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Shirley Hopkins Dutton.