Shirley Dawson Brown, 71, of Graceville, FL (formerly of Bainbridge, GA), passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at Signature Healthcare of North Florida in Graceville, FL. Services will be private. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Shirley was born February 27, 1940 in Bainbridge, GA and was a retired waitress. Survivors include her daughters, Kathy Eakin of Bainbridge, GA, and Patricia Wimberly, and her husband, Lawson (Big Boy), of Bainbridge, GA; 6 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie G. Dawson and Elizabeth Addison Dawson; her brother, Paul Dawson; her sister, Valda Cowart; and her great-granddaughter, Annslee Patricia Wimberly.