Brenda Joyce Shoemaker

August 28, 1948 - November 30, 2021

Brenda Joyce Shoemaker, age 73 of Springfield passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at NorthCrest Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 12pm, Friday, December 3rd at Austin & Bell Funeral Home Greenbrier with Bro. Steve Freeman officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Goodlettsville with Kenneth Drake, Kyle Drake, John allen, Chance Hughes, cody Ledbetter and Matthew Kernell serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends 4pm to 8pm on Thursday, December 2nd and 10am until time of service on Friday, December 3rd at the funeral home. Brenda was born in Nashville, TN on August 28, 1948 to the late Thomas Edward, Sr and Regina Joyce West Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her husband James Ezra Shoemaker, Jr and her first husband, Gerald Peter Pash. Brenda and Jim owned and operated Shoemakers Equipment Service where she was the bookkeeper. Together they ran a very successful business. She dearly loved and adored her husband Jim very much. She also loved her family very much. She enjoyed helping others and that was what brought her the most joy. She enjoyed traveling extensively with Jim, loved listening to music and singing as well. Sewing was a big part of her early life. She is survived by daughter, Jennifer Lynn Pash of Erin, TN; brother, Thomas Edward Jr. (Karen) Hughes of Brunswick, GA; sister, Lisa Anne (John) Allen of Springfield; grandchildren, Ryan Taylor (Hannah) Bagwell, Garrett Mitchell Abbott; great-grandchildren, Dani Leigh Bagwell, Weston Pratt Bagwell and Deklan James Bagwell. Online condolences may be made at www.austinandbell.com