Edna Ruth Dillon

Edna Ruth Dillon

Edna Ruth Dillon, 82, of Barboursville, died on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

She was born on September 27, 1927, in Lydia, a daughter of the late Samuel Clements Dean and Julia Ann Sullivan Dean and was a member of Mount Lebanon Church of the Brethren in Ehearts.

Mrs. Dillon is survived by her husband, Gordon R. Dillon of Barboursville; two daughters, Brenda McDaniel of Crozet and Margaret Rollins and her husband, Tommy, of Orange; one son, Bobby Shifflett and his wife, Gale, of Barboursville; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Pat Dabney, three brothers, Sanford Dean, Earl Dean and Lenny Dean; and five sisters, Christine Breeden, Nora Shifflett, Ressie Cosner, Dorothy Crickenberger and Edith Dean.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at the Preddy Funeral Home Chapel in Gordonsville officiated by the Reverend Terry Jewel with interment at Culpeper National Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 P.M. on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Knights Chapel, Church of the Brethren, Building Fund, Albert Schmidt, P.O. Box 117, Barboursville, VA 22923 or to the Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22911.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.