Shirley Ann Vasquez was born to Lonnie Allen Smith and Audrey Geraldine Smith on June 19, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was raised in the Tulsa area and moved to Dustin, Oklahoma around 1975. She attended school at Jenks and graduated from Wetumka.

Shirley married Lee Vasquez on July 26, 1980 at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada. They made their home in Ada, Oklahoma. Lee passed away December 31, 2007. She dedicated her life to the Lord as a young teenager and was called into the ministry as a young adult. She attended multiple churches, including Lamar and West Side in Broken Arrow, as well as any church that Larry and Deborah pastored. Shirley always considered Gleaners Holiness Church in Wewoka her home church.

Shirley loved taking care of others. She and her husband did foster care for many years. Shirley always opened her home to any of her friends' kids that needed somewhere to stay. She enjoyed her garden and just loved being with her kids and grandbabies as well as the rest of her family.

Shirley worked at the Chickasaw Nation WIC office from 2007 until she retired in 2019.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Vasquez; by her parents, Lonnie and Audrey Smith; and her brother, Rick Smith.

Survivors include her children, Joshua Vasquez and wife Cassie of Ada, Jeremiah Vasquez of the home, Carrie Vasquez of Ada, Reno Vasquez of the home, and Joshua Belcher of Atoka; grandchildren, Lena and Elias Vasquez of Ada; sisters, Deborah Chesser and husband Larry of Konawa; Jaquita Sosebee and husband Brad of Porter; two sisters-in-law, Nancy Walker of Oklahoma City and Becky Smith of Ada; and many other loving relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held from 1:00pm until 7:00pm at Smith Funeral Home in Ada. Funeral services for Shirley Ann Vasquez will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 2:00pm at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada, Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be Tony Vasquez, Brad Sosebee, Jesse Vasquez Jr., Randy Sitton, Bo Chesser, and Ryan Sitton. Interment will follow at Rosedale Cemetery under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Wetumka and Weleetka.