Funeral services for Martha Jo Austin Shields, 84, of Lake Village, AR, and formerly of Greenville, will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2025, at Boone Funeral Home, Greenville. She died on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. Burial will be in Leland-Stoneville Cemetery.
Martha Jo was born on July 24, 1940, in Wilmar, AR, to Manso and Charlene Gladden Austin. She attended public school in Wilmar, AR, graduating from Wilmar High School. On January 29, 1974, she married Richard Douglas Shields, and they made their home in Greenville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Richard Douglas Shields; brother, Benny Ray Austin of Pine Bluff, AR, and sisters, Betty Funderburg of Monticello, AR, and Ruth Laine of Pine Bluff, AR.
She is survived by a sisters, Shirley Handley of Arcola, MS and Gloria Pennington of Greenhill, AR; brothers, Charles Austin of Virginia and Don Austin of Nevada; nephews, Bobby R. Bittle of Lake Village, AR, Gary Funderburg of Camden, AR, Phillip Handley of Arcola, MS, Tony Handley of Arcola, MS and John Handley of Arcola, MS; niece Becky Ryburn of Monticello, AR and several other nieces and nephews.