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Shirley Faye Stiles, age 75 of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. She was born January 26, 1951, in Warren, AR to the late Edward Junior Coulter and Laverne Sadler Coulter Temple.
She had worked at Coca-Cola Bottling, but her last job was with Advantages of Southeast Arkansas. Shirley was a member of Rose Hill Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed going to yard sales, working in her flower garden, cooking, fishing and spending time with her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Tommy Lee Burt; and brothers, Bobby, Eddie, Jimmy Don and Ricky Coulter.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Stiles; three sons, Michael, Clint and Daron Burt; two stepchildren, Clint Stiles and Lisa Higginbotham; siblings, Brenda Coulter, David Coulter, Georgette Stahley and Nina Greenham; one grandchild, Jessi Lee French; two step grandchildren, Evelyn Higginbotham and Ryan Stiles; and two great grandchildren, Kenzie French and Reyna French; along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dwayne Roper and Rev. Stuart Higginbotham officiating. You can sign Mrs. Shirley’s guestbook registry here on her page.
She had worked at Coca-Cola Bottling, but her last job was with Advantages of Southeast Arkansas. Shirley was a member of Rose Hill Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed going to yard sales, working in her flower garden, cooking, fishing and spending time with her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Tommy Lee Burt; and brothers, Bobby, Eddie, Jimmy Don and Ricky Coulter.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Stiles; three sons, Michael, Clint and Daron Burt; two stepchildren, Clint Stiles and Lisa Higginbotham; siblings, Brenda Coulter, David Coulter, Georgette Stahley and Nina Greenham; one grandchild, Jessi Lee French; two step grandchildren, Evelyn Higginbotham and Ryan Stiles; and two great grandchildren, Kenzie French and Reyna French; along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dwayne Roper and Rev. Stuart Higginbotham officiating. You can sign Mrs. Shirley’s guestbook registry here on her page.