Shirley "Shag" Dean
Fields
October 23, 1934 - November 20, 2024
Shirley “Shag” Dean Fields, age 90 of Knoxville, TN and Florence, AL, passed away on November 20, 2024. Service will be held private for family. Williams Funeral Home is assisting the family.
He was preceded by his parents, Hobart Lee and Pauline Boggess Fields and his sister Sybil Fields Bradley.
Shag is survived by his wife of 72 years, Mayvon Selbe Fields. Three children: Joe Eddie Fields (Marie), Paula Fields Dorsey (Joe), and Pamela Fields Leitzell (Mike). Five grandchildren: Jacob Fields, Joshua Fields, Heidi Bishop, Carly Dorsey, and Kelly Finch. And two great-grandchildren, Clara Bishop, age 7 and Harrison Bishop, age 10.
Shag was a graduate of Glenville State University. He was employed at Kaiser Aluminum in WV and OH for 38 years and retired as the Plant Manager of the Toledo factory. Shag then became an entrepreneur and co-founded Polypac Inc, and he remained chairman of that company until his death.
Mr. Fields was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. He enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, hunting, gardening, the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Tennessee Volunteers, and he loved Mayvon.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Heart Association can be made online at www.heart.org
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3 Comments on “Shirley "Shag" Dean Fields”
I remember meeting Shag, Mayvon and their family for the first time traveling to West Virginia and North Carolina to meet my father’s side, finding out also about having family in Tennessee. We were welcomed by friendly, warm, easy going people who made us feel very comfortable like we knew each other for ages. We had a wonderful time and visit that I will cherish the memories always! He told me I was his cousin once removed – I thought “what cousins once removed”? I still chuckle about being cousins once removed. I’m happy that the internet made it possible to find my father’s side of the family, meeting Shag and getting to know him and Mayvon.
We are sorry for your loss. Mr. Fields was a great man and neighbor.
Shag was my big brother thru life will also remenber our growing up days in Cheasapeake thank u Shag for the baseball.glove willie and pat fields.