Shelia L. Blair was born to Dora D. Blair and Robin Johnson on July 26, 1966 in Bessemer, Alabama. She accepted Christ at an early age and was educated in the Bessemer School System. She graduated from Jess Lanier High Scholl Class of 1983. Cookie, as she was affectionately called, was preceded in death by: parents, Dora D. Blair and Robin Johnson; grandparents, Mollie Taylor, Wash Taylor and Robert Blair; aunts, Gwendolyn Smith and Joyce Blair; nieces, Shaland Blair and Keosha Blair. On March 1, 2017 Shelia was called from labor to rest. Left to cherish her precious memories are: children, Erika Jones and Tyrone Thomas; sisters, Darlene (Charles) Burton, Paulette Blair, Robie Johnson, Tywana Johnson Sanders and Tonya Davis; brothers, Eldon (Netra) Blair, Gabrie Whitelock and Robin Johnson; grandchildren, Ekya and Jayceon; special cousins, Aretha Mosley, Loretta Miles and Christopher Mosley; close friends, Bonita Garner, Lucretia Peterson and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.