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Published by Legacy Remembers on May 23, 2011.

J.L. Shumate SHADY VALLEY, Tenn. The funeral service for J.L. Shumate will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2011, in the Riverview Chapel at Garrett Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Peake and Pastor Jack Stevens officiating. The committal service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Blevins Cemetery in Shady Valley. Pallbearers will be Tim Leonard, Arvey Blevins, Roger Reece, Doug Ball, Tim Yates, and Steve Hayes. Honorary pallbearers will be the Skyline Telephone Company Board of Directors, Jimmy Blevins, and Rob Stanley. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Monday prior to the funeral service at the funeral home or at any time at the home of John Jr. and Lorrie. Online condolences may be sent to the family and a memorial video tribute may be viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com J. L. Shumate, age 85, entered peacefully into Heaven on Friday, May 20, 2011, at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, N.C. after a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Shumate and his family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Ave., Damascus, VA 24236, ph.#: 276-475-3631.

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Hazel LeBlanc

May 23, 2011

Shumate Family, though we have never met, as a Shumate descendant I would like to let you know you are all in my thoughts and prayers as you go through the most difficult days, weeks ahead of you. I know only too well myself, just know that the family and friends you know and those that you don't know personally have you in their prayers. J. L. is now free of pain and resting in peace with God and other family members. God will bless and keep you.