Lottie R. Shaw

HOPE MILLS - Mrs. Lottie Dell Riddle Shaw, 86, of Hope Mills, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon today, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, in Parkton Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, with funeral services scheduled for noon in the church sanctuary. Private family burial will follow. Born during the Great Depression, she was the daughter of a farmer and a school teacher. She was a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a wife, an aunt, a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, a friend, a co-worker, a neighbor. She wore many hats: Lottie was a foster parent, a sorority sister, a Sunday school teacher, a great cook. She worked the polls at local elections, and was a Red Cross volunteer as well as a volunteer at a homeless shelter and a soup kitchen. She was a friend of Bill W.'s. She worked many years in public service and as an office manager. She is survived by son, Thomas Shaw and his wife, Colleen; daughters, Sandra Kuebler, Amanda Shaw Forte and her husband, Donald, Julie Shaw Idol and Rebecca Shaw Watts and her husband, Ricky; grandchildren, Doug Skipper, Jonathan Odom, Sally Shaw-Owen and Amanda Allison Watts; a great-grandchild, Jude Odom; and a sister, Sara Neal Justice. Online condolences may be made to mcneillmackiefuneralhome.com. The family suggests memorial contributions to the charity of one's choice in lieu of flowers. Arrangements by McNeill Mackie Funeral Home of St. Pauls.