Ruby Ellen (Lee) Shockley

Ruby Ellen Lee Shockley, age 89, Gallipolis, passed away on April 17, 2011. She was born in Majestic, Alabama on February 12, 1922 to Samuel Sidney and Cora Ioma Self Lee. A graduate of Jefferson County (Alabama) High School, she attended God's Bible School and College in Cincinnati, Ohio and received a bachelor's degree. While in Cincinnati, she met her husband, Frederick Lee Shockley, and they married on July 2, 1943. She later attended the University of Cincinnati and completed studies to become a teacher. Beginning as a teacher in 1948 in a one-room school on Sowards Ridge near Crown City, she was a teacher for 36 years in the Mercerville, Fairland, Hannan Trace and Gallia County Local School Districts. Having a favorite teaching area in reading, she also completed a master's degree in reading supervision at Marshall University. After retirement she returned to the classroom to teach at Kyger Creek High School.

Mrs. Shockley was a very devoted Christian and supported her husband's ministry for over 60 years. She was an ordained deaconess in the Wesleyan Conference of Ohio. A member of the Crown City Wesleyan Church, she supported missionaries and was often an officer in the local and district Women's Missionary Society. For the past 6 years, she attended the Gallia Cornerstone Church.

There were many interests in her life including serving as a volunteer at Holzer Medical Center, southern gospel music, reading, eating chocolate candy, and spending time with her family. She "adopted" animals that came to the farm as strays and had a special admiration for a dog named Tippy.

Mrs. Shockley is survived by daughters, Carol (Clarence) Wamsley of Charleston, West Virginia and Dr. Denise Shockley, Gallipolis; granddaughters, Aimee (Rob) Warren of Hurricane, West Virginia and Jaimee (Randy) Miles of Charleston, West Virginia; a great grandson, Nicholas Winter of Hurricane and step great grandsons, Alex, Josh, and Ryan Warren, Hurricane; sisters, Gurthel (Billy) Cox and Retha Grace of Pinson, Alabama; Doris Moncrief, Empire, Alabama, and special friends, Gerald and Jean Wells, Gallipolis, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Fred L. Shockley, December 3, 2005; parents Samuel and Cora Lee; brother, Jack Lee; sisters, Ethel Hockhalter and June Beasley, an infant sister, a step brother and two step sisters.

A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 12:00 Noon at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, in Gallipolis, with words from friends and colleagues. Private interment will occur at Miller Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, consider a contribution to:
Evangelistic Outreach, Inc.
Calvan Ray Evans, Director
P.O. Box 56, Pedro, OH 45659
or
the Gallia County Animal Shelter Rescue Services
186 Shawnee Lane
Gallipolis, OH 45631

Condolences may be sent to www.mccoymoore.com