Shirley Pendarvis Guyton February 10, 1935 - January 15, 2022

Coral Gables, Florida Shirley was born in Orangeburg SC, the daughter of long-time mayor Edward O. Pendarvis and his wife Clara. She was educated in Orangeburg Public Schools and graduated from high school on Sellers Ave. in 1953. She attended Columbia College but left prior to graduation to become an airline stewardess for Eastern Airlines. After starting out in chilly Chicago, she jumped at a transfer to Miami which became her home for the rest of her life.

Shirley’s keen sense of style led to success as an interior designer, the co-founder of “The Proud Peacock”, an upscale women’s clothier in Coconut Grove; and as a representative for Carlisle Clothing for many years. She became a volunteer with the Red Cross and spent many years helping them throughout Florida. She was active in the Florida Republican Party and was a delegate to the 1984 convention in Dallas which re- nominated President Reagan.

While in Florida she met and married her loving husband, Dr. Thomas B. Guyton, a radiologist at Doctor’s Hospital and a Miami native. They were passionate tennis players and competed in mixed doubles matches in Florida and Europe. Shirley also loved playing duplicate bridge weekly at Riviera Country Club and gathering with friends at Biscayne Bay Yacht Club.

She and Tom loved the SC low country and entertained friends and family at their summer home at Litchfield Beach. In the early 2000’s, they transitioned their summers to Blowing Rock, NC where Tom had spent his youth. As members of Blowing Rock Country Club, they renewed old acquaintances and again showed their senior’s prowess on the courts and the golf course.

Shirley was gregarious, charming, a great hostess, a spark of life and a formidable opponent in political debate. She had an incredible aptitude for remembering the smallest details which made her an epic storyteller, even if some of the details may have been exaggerated a bit. She also had a special place in her heart for the children of her friends and family whom she adopted as if they were her own.

Mrs. Guyton is survived by her sister, Nancy P. Eliott (Ronnie); brother, Edward O. Pendarvis (Mary Jo); two nieces: Betsy P. Hutton (Larry), Molly P. Blankenship (Preston); two nephews: Richard C. Pogue (Clair), Edward O. Pendarvis III (Jessica): two step-children: Mary Evelyn Guyton, Thomas B. Guyton (Suzanne); four step-grandchildren: Stewart T. Bennett (Amanda), Elizabeth B. Gris (Gauthier); Gabriella S. Guyton, and Thomas B. Guyton III; and two god-daughters: Dana Bearce (David) and Jenny Primm.

Memorial services to be held at Woodlawn North Cemetery (3260 SW 8th St) in Miami on Tuesday February 1st at 1pm.