Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Edith A. Shortridge

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Edith A. Shortridge
    RICHLANDS -- Mrs. Edith Alene Shortridge, 87, of 206 Lee St. passed away
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, in a Richlands hospital, following a lengthy illness.
     She was born in Cedar Bluff and was the daughter of the late Andrew
Jackson and Nancy Brown Cruey, both Tazewell County natives.
     She had made her home in the Richlands area most of her life and was the
founder and former owner of Cinderella Beauty Shop in Richlands. She was a
member of Richlands Presbyterian Church and a member of Richlands Order of the
Eastern Star Chapter 104.
     In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
I.C. "Turk" Shortridge; one son, Ronald Shortridge; four sisters, Lona
Hubbard, Dolly Smith, Lena Layman and Clara Shamblin; and five brothers, Jake,
Bill, Charles, Nepolian and Alfred Cruey. She was the last surviving member of
her immediate family.
     Survivors are: one son, Kenneth Shortridge and wife, Brenda, of
Belfast,Va.; one special grandson, Kenneth Shortridge Jr.; special friend and
caregiver, Betty Stiltner; five grandchildren, Kimberly Wright, Rebecca
Shortridge, Stephanie Shelton, Karen Cole and Debbie Shortridge; and six
great-grandchildren, Patrick Cole, Travis Cole, Nicholas Cole, Stacey Cole,
Austin Shelton and Victoria Shelton also survive.
     Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at 2 p.m. at
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands with the Rev. Bobby Laney officiating.
Entombment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Claypool
Hill. Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers.
     Friends may call after 6 p.m. Wednesday evening at Hurst-Scott Funeral
Home in Richlands. Members of Richlands Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 104
will conduct services Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.
     Hurst-Scott Funeral Home inRichlands is in charge of arrangements and
those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at
www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.