Dorothy M. Shiflett

Dorothy M. Shiflett

The Lord has called his child home. Dorothy M. Shiflett went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, October 27, 2010.

She was born on August 8, 1916, in Rockingham County, the eldest child of the late Elzie Williams and Lillie Shifflett Williams. She was the wife of the late George L. Shiflett, they spent 63 years together. Also preceding her in death were a sister, Lena Stinson; two brothers, Roy Williams and Irvin R. Williams; her son, Shirley L. Shiflett; and a grandson, Larry W. Belew.

Mrs. Shiflett was retired after 29 years of service from Acme Visible Records of Crozet, Virginia, and was a member of Rivanna Baptist Church. Mrs. Shiflett enjoyed gardening, both vegetables and flowers, quilt making and cooking. No one has been able to replicate her breakfast gravy, fried potatoes, chicken, potato salad or turkey dressing.

She is survived by two daughters, Marie S. Belew and her husband, Lacy, of Charlottesville, Virginia, with whom she resided, their daughter, Margaret Sipe and her husband, Richard, of Charlottesville, Virginia, their daughter, Cristy Bodie, and her sons, Vaughn and Vincent Bodie, who brought out a twinkle in their great-great-grandmother's eye; Margaret Shiflett and her husband, Richard of Charlottesville, Virginia; their daughter, Ivy Capar and her husband, Allan, and their children, Paulina and Wesley; one son, James W. Shiflett and his companion, Freida Shifflett, of Charlottesville, Virginia; one daughter-in-law, Pauline Shiflett, her children, Carolyn Woodard, and her husband, Donald, their daughters, Shirley and Dawn and their families, Kathy Jernigan, her sons, Andy and Randy and their families, all of Smithfield, North Carolina, and Linwood "Tom" Shiflett and his wife, Rita, and their son, Cody, of Selma, North Carolina. Mrs. Shiflett had a total of five grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Loraine Williams and Earline Shiflett, both of Charlottesville, Virginia. Her extended family members and friends are too numerous to list.

A funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, October 30, 2010, at the Teague Chapel with the Reverend Larry Wingfield officiating. Interment will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2010, at Teague Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Rivanna Baptist Church, 1819 East Market Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 or to the Charlottesville/Albemarle Rescue Squad, Post Office Box 160, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902.

Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.