SOPHIE SHADOW TRENT

TRENT, SOPHIE SHADOW - age 80, passed away on Tuesday , September 17, 2013, in Athens, TN. She was the daughter of the Late Willis A. and Mary Ermlich Shadow. She attended grammar school in Decatur and attended high school in Athens. Her first two years of college were spent at Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens before she transferred and graduated from the University of Tennessee with and A.B.S. degree. She attended Columbia University in New York City and received a Master's degree in fine arts in 1958. She married Henry Trent, Jr. in Athens on May 5, 1956, and they moved to New York City shortly thereafter. They lived in New York City several years before moving to Atlanta, GA, where they lived for 27 years. Their family attended St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church was Sophie was very active. She was the first woman to be elected to the Vestry. In addition, she was in retailing and operated an antique business for several years. Sophie and Henry have two sons, Henry III of Athens and William Shadow Trent of Atlanta, Georgia William and his wife Lora, have three children, Sophie Katherine, Joseph A., and William, Jr. all of Atlanta. She is survived by two sisters, Lucy Hibbard of Tallahassee, FL and Leatha Ballew of Chattanooga. Two of her sisters have passed away, Mary Hill, and Muriel Mayfield. Sophie was a special person who saw the beauty in nature. Her home was expertly arranged and reflected her wide interests. Her flower arrangements were outstanding. She loved to fish in ponds and creeks particularly in Meigs County and was an excellent piscatorial contestant. She loved to garden and enjoyed the spring as much as she could do so. We who know her best, will miss her for she was always "up for the game." As her wish, she will be cremated and placed at a pond on a hillside in Meigs County for a private ceremony. She loved a short quotation which is as follows: "Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and what we call death is only the horizon, beyond which we cannot see." Author unknown. We invite you to visit the Trent family guestbook and send a message of comfort to
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