Mark Dean Shaw Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mark Dean Shaw of Conway, Arkansas, who passed away on October 31, 2025, at the age of 63, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Mark farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Mark is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his father Joe B. Shaw; and his stepfather Glen Bolden. He is survived by: his mother Ollie Vee Dean Shaw; his children, Mary Beth Darr of Columbia and Hank Shaw (Julia) of Falls Church, Virginia; his grandchildren, Parker Darr, Ryder Darr, Micah Shaw and George Shaw; his siblings, Martha Longing of Conway and Jolynda Davis (Dwight) of Conway, Arkansas; and the mother of his children Nancy Purdy.
