CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ruby Frances Shelton, 2 Jan 2004 ----¤¤¤---- Ruby Frances Shelton, 80, formerly of Hardin Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died Friday, January 2, 2004 at Pine Ridge Care Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Shelton was a native of Washington County and had lived in Carter County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Eli and Bertha Brummitt Trivett and was also preceded in death by four sisters, Ethel Trivett, Nell Melenson, Ella Mae Gee and Maude Trivett, and two brothers, Elbert Trivett and C.B. Trivett. Mrs. Shelton was of the Baptist faith and retired from Holiday Inn in Johnson City in Housekeeping. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Charlie L. Shelton, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Ron Langham, Riverdale, Ga.; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Raymond and Cassie Shelton, Jonesboro, Ga., Roy Lee Shelton, Gary Dean and Sherry Shelton, and Bobby Gene Shelton and his fiancee, Roberta Hardin, all of Elizabethton; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Eli "Sonny" Trivett Jr., Thomson, Ga.; and two sisters, Margaret Smith, of Florida, and Pat Yates, Alexandria, Va. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, January 5, at Blevins Cemetery with the Rev. D.C. Byrd officiating. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends to include the following, Robert Shelton, David Shelton, Michael Shelton and Danny Tanner. Honorary pallbearers will be the nursing staff of Pine Ridge Care Center, Bill and Evelyn Ward, Dr. Stephen May and Dr. George Kehler. Those who wish to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home chapel at 9:15 a.m. Monday to go in procession to the cemetery. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, Elizabethton, TN 37644. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 4, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Friends may also call at the residence of a son, Roy Shelton, 208 Hardin Hollow Road, Elizabethton, at any time. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------