Shirley Prow Sandifer

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Shirley Prow
Shirley Prow

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Residing In: Owensboro, KY USA
Married, remarried, widowed, divorced. Show number of years of current status: Married June 29, 2019
Your occupation or prior occupation if retired: Retired organist and bookkeeper
Children - Ages, location, occupation, grandchildren and ages (by child): Children: Stacey, born 1965-lives in Owensboro, KY. Stacey is a bookkeeper at Glenmary Sisters. She More…is also the pianist at Third Baptist Church. Her primary interest is animal rescue, specifically senior and/or special needs dogs. She keeps them for their last few months/years, many times giving them the first love they've ever known. She has also enlisted me as one of the rescuers.

Craig (Shelly) born 1967 - lives in Nolensville, TN - Ashlyn, born in 2010. Craig is a computer software engineer. He married Shelly in 2016. She had a six-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, who has called me MeMaw from the beginning of the relationship. I am thrilled beyond words. Craig has since adopted Ashlyn.

Brian (Seana), born 1973 - lives in Hendersonville (Nashville), TN - Jeffrey-born 2000, Elizabeth-born 2002. Brian is an Associate-Professor of Music at Vanderbilt University and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music.
Spouse's name and occupation:

Wayne Sandifer, retired professor of religion and philosophy

Number of years retired:

Bookkeeping-Since September, 2008; Organist-Since January, 2024

Places lived:

Madisonville, KY
Owensboro, KY
Newburgh, IN
Owensboro, KY

First Job. Amount of pay, if remember:

Pianist for Episcopal Sunday School - $1.00 per Sunday

First car. Cost if remember:

Red Oldsmobile convertible

Travel:

2 trips to Europe, 1987 and 1993
1 trip to England, 2004
2 trips to Las Vegas, 1994, 1998
1 trip "out West", 1988
Many trips to Baton Rouge, LA and Nacogdoches, TX
Trips with church groups to Canada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Florida

Education:

Bachelor's Degree, major in piano - 1964
Associate Degree in Computer Programming - 1988

Accomplishments:

Raising 3 wonderful children - working on the grandchildren

Recognized musician in Owensboro - played for Community Chorus presentation of Messiah for many years, have played for many Theatre productions (including "The King and I", "The Taffetas", "The Fantastics", "Always...Patsy Cline", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"), as well as holding organist position since for 54 years at Third Baptist Church.

Things you do in retirement, i.e, volunteer work, hobbies, etc.:

I still do some playing. I accompany a male quartet with two members each from Third Baptist, and First Christian Church. I continue to do piano duets with Stacey at church.

The other passion is dog rescue. In the spring of 2012, my daughter and I formed a rescue group which was quickly given 501c3 status. The emphasis is on senior and/or special needs dogs. Since that time, my canine babies have challenged me with diabetes, severe breathing problems, mushroom poisoning, blindness, deafness, brain tumor, mammary tumors, seizures, Cushing's Disease, heart problems and near-fatal reaction to a seizure medication. It is often difficult, but so rewarding also. These mostly otherwise unadoptable pets know that for however long there is any quality of life for them, they will be well-fed, comfortable, and very much loved.

I also do a lot of flower gardening.

Hobbies, Fun:

Sewing, reading, jigsaw puzzles, bridge, basket weaving.

Who was your favorite MHS teacher (or teachers)?

Ruth Williams, Dean Dowdy, Mrs. Finley, Lulu Solomon (Smith)

Memories (Madisonville, School, anything):

The Youth Center, Sadie Hawkins Day, ballgames, chili dogs at Duncan's, circling the Dairy Queen, getting out early when it was too hot - and we thought it would last forever.

Things I would change:

I wish I'd been a little less serious, had more fun, learned to fast dance (I never did learn).

Posted: Aug 11, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Introduction as Wayne and Shirley Sandifer
Posted: Aug 11, 2019 at 4:51 PM
The coffee cups are for our first "semi-date", coffee at Starbuck's.
The wine glasses are because Wayne introduced me to drinking wine with dinner.
Posted: Aug 11, 2019 at 4:52 PM
It has been a long-standing conviction in Wayne's family that girlfriends are just like buses. If one gets away, another one will always come along. This is letting everyone know that for Wayne, the buses have stopped.
Posted: Aug 11, 2019 at 4:55 PM
Three days after our wedding, I got a text and picture about a 3.2 lb., 14-year old Yorkie, missing one eye and blind in the remaining one, who had been abandoned at a nearby animal control. Somewhat hesitantly I showed it to him and said "What do you think?" He replied "I don't even know why you're asking me." We picked Sugar up the next day.
Posted: Jan 31, 2019 at 8:11 AM
Wayne with my Shih Tzu, Jasper. Jasper has totally deserted me for Wayne. If we're both on the sofa and I pick Jasper up, he will walk across me and Wayne to settle down on the other side and put his head in Wayne's lap.
Posted: Jan 31, 2019 at 8:12 AM
Toffee (chihuahua) prefers to lie down between us on the sofa, but obviously is fine with Wayne when he's the only one there.
Posted: Jan 31, 2019 at 8:13 AM
Wayne Sandifer, retired professor of religion and philosophy, with me at my choir Christmas dinner.
Posted: Aug 13, 2015 at 10:05 PM
We were ALL in costume for Smoke on the Mountain, spring of 2015. I'm squeezed to the side in this picture, but the one below shows my costume. My hat was one of the hits of the show.
Posted: Aug 13, 2015 at 10:03 PM
Posted: Feb 25, 2014 at 1:22 PM
2/25/14 - For the last two months, I have spent 3-4 evenings a week rehearsing with this unbelievably talented group of young men in preparation for Back Alley Musicals' production of Forever Plaid. They're singing "Moments to Remember", "No Not Much", "Cry", "Catch a Falling Star", "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing", etc. Talk about a blast from the past!
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