HOME PAGE Turn Music On Music by the O'Neill Brothers Send Flowers for Stella Share a memory Coping with Grief We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. Enter your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. Messages run for up to one year and you can stop at any time. Your email will not be used for any other purpose. Stella Mae (Shores) Saunders July 27, 1932 ~ December 3, 2021 (age 89) Obituary & Services Tribute Wall Obituary Stella Mae Shores Saunders, 89, of Thomasville passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, December 3, 2021. Stella was born July 27, 1932 to the late Paul Nelson Shores and Leona Hollman Shores in Yadkin County, North Carolina. She was a member of True Church of God. Stella enjoyed working in her flower gardens, and tending to her yard. She had a green thumb and could make every flower flourish. She loved her family dearly. She was such a loving soul, and will be greatly missed by many. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Newton Saunders; two sons, Paul Garris (Spider), David Lee Garris (Doc); three brothers, Nelson Shores, Ray Shores, David Shores (Boss Hog); one great-granddaughter, Aliyah Garris; two great-grandson, Jerry Dean (MoMo) Garris, III, Jay Garris; two sisters, Mildred Stewart, Mary Hunt. Surviving are her two sons, Jerry Garris, Jimmy Ray Garris; one daughter, Jackie Flowers; one sister, Velma Driver; seventeen grandchildren; and many beloved great-grandchildren. Funeral Arrangements are pending. To send flowers to Stella's family, please visit our floral store. Services You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family Visit our Tribute Store © 2021 J. C. Green & Sons Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved. Funeral Home website by CFS & TA | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy