Shelly Diane McPherson
1973 — 2024
Shelly Diane (Gentry) McPherson was born April 16, 1973 to Robert and Joyce Gentry in Boise, ID. She attended McKinley Elementary School until their family moved to Cortez, CO in the 6th grade where she started at Cortez Middle School. Shelly loved to play in the band and orchestra and excelled at choir and drama at Montezuma County High School where she graduated with honors in 1991. She was always a hard worker, working at the local Pizza Hut through high school and during the summer when she was home from her studies at BYU. On August 22, 1992 she married Gary F. Johnson and their continued their education together at SUU in Cedar City, UT. She lost Gary in April of 1994 and moved...