Helen Lavon Shaheen

Published 3:16 pm Monday, August 23, 2021

Services for Helen Lavon Shaheen are 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Riverwood with visitation from 11:00 until the time of the service. Burial will be at Easthaven Cemetery.

Helen Lavon Shaheen, 94, went to be with her Lord on August 22, 2021, at King’s Daughters Medical Center.

She was born on November 11, 1926, to the late Eugene Pennington and Hattie Jane Gill Pennington.

Mrs. Shaheen was a member of Bethel Temple United Pentecostal Church. She will be missed by all that loved and knew her.

Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Winnie Maude Anding; son, Jessie Givens Sr.; husbands, Oliver King and Peter Shaheen; two grandsons, Corey McKlemurry, Chris Cabrera; two great-grandchildren, Shiloh Fortson and Anthony W. Roberts Jr.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Hilda Ray Floyd, of Brookhaven, Linda Oliver (Earl) of McComb, Carolyn Richardson (Bobby) of Bogue Chitto, Darlene Allen (Delynn) of Brookhaven and daughter-in-law, June Givens, of Brookhaven.

She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 27 great- great-grandchildren.

Condolences and other information are available online at www.riverwoodfamily.com.