Shirley Christine Holdren

Princeton

Shirley Christine Holdren, 81, of Princeton, died peacefully Friday, October 9, 2026, at her home with her daughter at her side.

Born May 9, 1945, in War, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Surface & Margie Widner Surface. She was raised by Eck & Annie Belcher.

Shirley was a retired school bus driver for the Mercer County Board of Education and later became a caregiver for the sick.

She loved working puzzles.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Teddy Ray Holdren, along with a brother Estil Surface & a sister Rita “Annie” Morris & several other brothers & sisters.

Survivors include her daughter Tammy Billings, 3 grandchildren, Jonathan Sayers & wife Brittany, Austin Holdren, Christopher Billings & wife Rachel, 2 great grandchildren, Kennedy & Madeline Sayers. Her former son-in-law, Teddy Billings, siblings, Reva Fogleman, Paris, Teaford & Jerry Belcher. Her four-legged friend Oliver.

Funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M. Thursday, October 15, 2026, in the Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends may call Thursday from Noon until the service hour. Online condolences may be shared with the family via www.memorialfd.com.