SERVICES: TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
2:00 P. M.
MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL
VISITATION: MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
5:00 - 8:00 P. M.
INTERMENT: BOND BAPTIST CEMETERY
OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY HALL
REV. STUART PURVIS
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was the third child and second daughter of Roger Greene and Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton. Annie Ruth was born October 24, 1918. She was a petite lady at 5' 2 1/2", weighing less than 100 pounds most of her life. God crowned her head with luxuriously auburn hair that sprang forth in curls and waves that almost defied description. She was a young beauty who grew into a most lovely lady. Until her death she continued to attract attention wherever she went, with her quiet demeanor and modest dress. Her immaculate neatness, taste in clothes, and refusal to follow fads always set her apart from the crowd.
Not only was the lady attractive, but she was a bombshell of talent, exploding into many diverse forms. She was a God-called schoolteacher for 41 years, spending most of her time in the fourth grade. She began her education at Bond School at the age of four. After graduating from Bond, she attended East Central Junior College, going on to State Teacher's College which would become Mississippi Southern College while she was there. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education with emphases in art, English, and physical education from the college we now know as the University of Southern Mississippi.
She was not only a teacher, but was also an athlete, musician, artist, seamstress, author, Bible student, and mother. During her high school years, she only played basketball. However, while in college she began playing other sports. In fact at her death, she still bore the marks of an incorrectly healed, broken finger that she received while playing softball at Southern. Her sports did not end with college, but inclusive in one of her teaching jobs was that of the coach's position.
Mrs. Shackelford's time in the classroom was spent at the following schools beginning with Dixon, followed by House, Arlington, Thomastown, Longino, Bond, with her final 21 of her 41 years of teaching ending in 1984 at Neshoba Central Elementary School.
Music was always an integral part of her life, playing instruments as well as singing. At a young age she taught herself to play guitar. However, she was most dedicated to playing piano and even taught piano lessons at one point in her life. She also served Bond Baptist Church as their pianist for approximately 30 years. During the early years as pianist, she also organized singing groups who performed at their home church as well as others.
Artist! What an artist she was. Oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and ink—all were her media at one time or another. Landscapes, seascapes, people, still life, old homes, animals—all were her subjects at some point in her various endeavors.
Seamstress hardly describes her creations, and create, she did. She would design from scratch, often cutting patterns from brown paper bags or newspaper. Her sewing seemed to always prompt interest from others. In 1930 at the age of 12, she sewed the first curtains for her Grandpapa and Grandmother Jessie and Martha Daniel's new home. Also the deceased created marvelously and intricately designed crochet and embroidery pieces; additionally, her beautifully pieced quilts contained the most miniscule stitches. Stuffed animals, dolls, and other toys were only a few of her crafted items thrilling her boys and girls in the classroom.
Over the years Mrs. Shackelford wrote many poems and plays as another outlet for her creative juices. However, in the early part of 1990, she began writing her memoirs for her only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming. That effort resulted in a small book of approximately 10,000 words. Memories is a wonderfully written book, providing a great source of photographs, information, and pen and ink drawings served to answer the many questions of her daughter, not only delighting her, but also her granddaughters Sonja Fleming of Preston and Yona Fleming of Texas.
For approximately 50 years, Annie Ruth Shackelford was a serious Bible student. Daily Bible reading and studying were necessary parts of her day. Not only did she study God's Word, but she also taught it to the youngest ones on to the senior adults, including Sunbeams, Sunday School, Training Union, and Vacation Bible School. The loves and talents God infused into that lady came to an end when she lost her eyesight to Macular Degeneration. She never understood why God allowed this disease into her life, but accepted that it was His will as He is a sovereign God in control of all.
The most serious phase of her life was that of mother. She was forced to become a single mother when it was not accepted in society. In spite of her wounded husband's desertion at the end of World War II, she provided for her only daughter a comfortable home, nice clothes, good food with plenty of "goodies" for the "sweet tooth." Not only did she secure necessities, but she also provided spiritual guidance, love, devotion, loyalty, and a pathway to Jesus Christ for her daughter.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was a lady, a mother.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was preceded in death by her mother Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton; her father Roger Greene Fulton, Sr.; an unnamed infant brother; two other brothers, Clifton O'Neil Fulton and Roger G. Fulton, Jr.; one sister Ida Mae Fulton Copeland. Survivors include an only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming; two granddaughters Sonja and Yona Fleming; one sister Edna Fulton Stokes. Included in her survivors are the many children she has loved through the years.
Courtesy of McClain Funeral Home, Philadelphia, MS 2-13-2012
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
2:00 P. M.
MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL
VISITATION: MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
5:00 - 8:00 P. M.
INTERMENT: BOND BAPTIST CEMETERY
OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY HALL
REV. STUART PURVIS
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was the third child and second daughter of Roger Greene and Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton. Annie Ruth was born October 24, 1918. She was a petite lady at 5' 2 1/2", weighing less than 100 pounds most of her life. God crowned her head with luxuriously auburn hair that sprang forth in curls and waves that almost defied description. She was a young beauty who grew into a most lovely lady. Until her death she continued to attract attention wherever she went, with her quiet demeanor and modest dress. Her immaculate neatness, taste in clothes, and refusal to follow fads always set her apart from the crowd.
Not only was the lady attractive, but she was a bombshell of talent, exploding into many diverse forms. She was a God-called schoolteacher for 41 years, spending most of her time in the fourth grade. She began her education at Bond School at the age of four. After graduating from Bond, she attended East Central Junior College, going on to State Teacher's College which would become Mississippi Southern College while she was there. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education with emphases in art, English, and physical education from the college we now know as the University of Southern Mississippi.
She was not only a teacher, but was also an athlete, musician, artist, seamstress, author, Bible student, and mother. During her high school years, she only played basketball. However, while in college she began playing other sports. In fact at her death, she still bore the marks of an incorrectly healed, broken finger that she received while playing softball at Southern. Her sports did not end with college, but inclusive in one of her teaching jobs was that of the coach's position.
Mrs. Shackelford's time in the classroom was spent at the following schools beginning with Dixon, followed by House, Arlington, Thomastown, Longino, Bond, with her final 21 of her 41 years of teaching ending in 1984 at Neshoba Central Elementary School.
Music was always an integral part of her life, playing instruments as well as singing. At a young age she taught herself to play guitar. However, she was most dedicated to playing piano and even taught piano lessons at one point in her life. She also served Bond Baptist Church as their pianist for approximately 30 years. During the early years as pianist, she also organized singing groups who performed at their home church as well as others.
Artist! What an artist she was. Oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and ink—all were her media at one time or another. Landscapes, seascapes, people, still life, old homes, animals—all were her subjects at some point in her various endeavors.
Seamstress hardly describes her creations, and create, she did. She would design from scratch, often cutting patterns from brown paper bags or newspaper. Her sewing seemed to always prompt interest from others. In 1930 at the age of 12, she sewed the first curtains for her Grandpapa and Grandmother Jessie and Martha Daniel's new home. Also the deceased created marvelously and intricately designed crochet and embroidery pieces; additionally, her beautifully pieced quilts contained the most miniscule stitches. Stuffed animals, dolls, and other toys were only a few of her crafted items thrilling her boys and girls in the classroom.
Over the years Mrs. Shackelford wrote many poems and plays as another outlet for her creative juices. However, in the early part of 1990, she began writing her memoirs for her only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming. That effort resulted in a small book of approximately 10,000 words. Memories is a wonderfully written book, providing a great source of photographs, information, and pen and ink drawings served to answer the many questions of her daughter, not only delighting her, but also her granddaughters Sonja Fleming of Preston and Yona Fleming of Texas.
For approximately 50 years, Annie Ruth Shackelford was a serious Bible student. Daily Bible reading and studying were necessary parts of her day. Not only did she study God's Word, but she also taught it to the youngest ones on to the senior adults, including Sunbeams, Sunday School, Training Union, and Vacation Bible School. The loves and talents God infused into that lady came to an end when she lost her eyesight to Macular Degeneration. She never understood why God allowed this disease into her life, but accepted that it was His will as He is a sovereign God in control of all.
The most serious phase of her life was that of mother. She was forced to become a single mother when it was not accepted in society. In spite of her wounded husband's desertion at the end of World War II, she provided for her only daughter a comfortable home, nice clothes, good food with plenty of "goodies" for the "sweet tooth." Not only did she secure necessities, but she also provided spiritual guidance, love, devotion, loyalty, and a pathway to Jesus Christ for her daughter.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was a lady, a mother.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was preceded in death by her mother Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton; her father Roger Greene Fulton, Sr.; an unnamed infant brother; two other brothers, Clifton O'Neil Fulton and Roger G. Fulton, Jr.; one sister Ida Mae Fulton Copeland. Survivors include an only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming; two granddaughters Sonja and Yona Fleming; one sister Edna Fulton Stokes. Included in her survivors are the many children she has loved through the years.
Courtesy of McClain Funeral Home, Philadelphia, MS 2-13-2012
SERVICES: TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
2:00 P. M.
MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL
VISITATION: MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
5:00 - 8:00 P. M.
INTERMENT: BOND BAPTIST CEMETERY
OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY HALL
REV. STUART PURVIS
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was the third child and second daughter of Roger Greene and Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton. Annie Ruth was born October 24, 1918. She was a petite lady at 5' 2 1/2", weighing less than 100 pounds most of her life. God crowned her head with luxuriously auburn hair that sprang forth in curls and waves that almost defied description. She was a young beauty who grew into a most lovely lady. Until her death she continued to attract attention wherever she went, with her quiet demeanor and modest dress. Her immaculate neatness, taste in clothes, and refusal to follow fads always set her apart from the crowd.
Not only was the lady attractive, but she was a bombshell of talent, exploding into many diverse forms. She was a God-called schoolteacher for 41 years, spending most of her time in the fourth grade. She began her education at Bond School at the age of four. After graduating from Bond, she attended East Central Junior College, going on to State Teacher's College which would become Mississippi Southern College while she was there. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education with emphases in art, English, and physical education from the college we now know as the University of Southern Mississippi.
She was not only a teacher, but was also an athlete, musician, artist, seamstress, author, Bible student, and mother. During her high school years, she only played basketball. However, while in college she began playing other sports. In fact at her death, she still bore the marks of an incorrectly healed, broken finger that she received while playing softball at Southern. Her sports did not end with college, but inclusive in one of her teaching jobs was that of the coach's position.
Mrs. Shackelford's time in the classroom was spent at the following schools beginning with Dixon, followed by House, Arlington, Thomastown, Longino, Bond, with her final 21 of her 41 years of teaching ending in 1984 at Neshoba Central Elementary School.
Music was always an integral part of her life, playing instruments as well as singing. At a young age she taught herself to play guitar. However, she was most dedicated to playing piano and even taught piano lessons at one point in her life. She also served Bond Baptist Church as their pianist for approximately 30 years. During the early years as pianist, she also organized singing groups who performed at their home church as well as others.
Artist! What an artist she was. Oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and ink—all were her media at one time or another. Landscapes, seascapes, people, still life, old homes, animals—all were her subjects at some point in her various endeavors.
Seamstress hardly describes her creations, and create, she did. She would design from scratch, often cutting patterns from brown paper bags or newspaper. Her sewing seemed to always prompt interest from others. In 1930 at the age of 12, she sewed the first curtains for her Grandpapa and Grandmother Jessie and Martha Daniel's new home. Also the deceased created marvelously and intricately designed crochet and embroidery pieces; additionally, her beautifully pieced quilts contained the most miniscule stitches. Stuffed animals, dolls, and other toys were only a few of her crafted items thrilling her boys and girls in the classroom.
Over the years Mrs. Shackelford wrote many poems and plays as another outlet for her creative juices. However, in the early part of 1990, she began writing her memoirs for her only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming. That effort resulted in a small book of approximately 10,000 words. Memories is a wonderfully written book, providing a great source of photographs, information, and pen and ink drawings served to answer the many questions of her daughter, not only delighting her, but also her granddaughters Sonja Fleming of Preston and Yona Fleming of Texas.
For approximately 50 years, Annie Ruth Shackelford was a serious Bible student. Daily Bible reading and studying were necessary parts of her day. Not only did she study God's Word, but she also taught it to the youngest ones on to the senior adults, including Sunbeams, Sunday School, Training Union, and Vacation Bible School. The loves and talents God infused into that lady came to an end when she lost her eyesight to Macular Degeneration. She never understood why God allowed this disease into her life, but accepted that it was His will as He is a sovereign God in control of all.
The most serious phase of her life was that of mother. She was forced to become a single mother when it was not accepted in society. In spite of her wounded husband's desertion at the end of World War II, she provided for her only daughter a comfortable home, nice clothes, good food with plenty of "goodies" for the "sweet tooth." Not only did she secure necessities, but she also provided spiritual guidance, love, devotion, loyalty, and a pathway to Jesus Christ for her daughter.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was a lady, a mother.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was preceded in death by her mother Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton; her father Roger Greene Fulton, Sr.; an unnamed infant brother; two other brothers, Clifton O'Neil Fulton and Roger G. Fulton, Jr.; one sister Ida Mae Fulton Copeland. Survivors include an only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming; two granddaughters Sonja and Yona Fleming; one sister Edna Fulton Stokes. Included in her survivors are the many children she has loved through the years.
Courtesy of McClain Funeral Home, Philadelphia, MS 2-13-2012
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
2:00 P. M.
MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL
VISITATION: MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
5:00 - 8:00 P. M.
INTERMENT: BOND BAPTIST CEMETERY
OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY HALL
REV. STUART PURVIS
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was the third child and second daughter of Roger Greene and Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton. Annie Ruth was born October 24, 1918. She was a petite lady at 5' 2 1/2", weighing less than 100 pounds most of her life. God crowned her head with luxuriously auburn hair that sprang forth in curls and waves that almost defied description. She was a young beauty who grew into a most lovely lady. Until her death she continued to attract attention wherever she went, with her quiet demeanor and modest dress. Her immaculate neatness, taste in clothes, and refusal to follow fads always set her apart from the crowd.
Not only was the lady attractive, but she was a bombshell of talent, exploding into many diverse forms. She was a God-called schoolteacher for 41 years, spending most of her time in the fourth grade. She began her education at Bond School at the age of four. After graduating from Bond, she attended East Central Junior College, going on to State Teacher's College which would become Mississippi Southern College while she was there. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in elementary education with emphases in art, English, and physical education from the college we now know as the University of Southern Mississippi.
She was not only a teacher, but was also an athlete, musician, artist, seamstress, author, Bible student, and mother. During her high school years, she only played basketball. However, while in college she began playing other sports. In fact at her death, she still bore the marks of an incorrectly healed, broken finger that she received while playing softball at Southern. Her sports did not end with college, but inclusive in one of her teaching jobs was that of the coach's position.
Mrs. Shackelford's time in the classroom was spent at the following schools beginning with Dixon, followed by House, Arlington, Thomastown, Longino, Bond, with her final 21 of her 41 years of teaching ending in 1984 at Neshoba Central Elementary School.
Music was always an integral part of her life, playing instruments as well as singing. At a young age she taught herself to play guitar. However, she was most dedicated to playing piano and even taught piano lessons at one point in her life. She also served Bond Baptist Church as their pianist for approximately 30 years. During the early years as pianist, she also organized singing groups who performed at their home church as well as others.
Artist! What an artist she was. Oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and ink—all were her media at one time or another. Landscapes, seascapes, people, still life, old homes, animals—all were her subjects at some point in her various endeavors.
Seamstress hardly describes her creations, and create, she did. She would design from scratch, often cutting patterns from brown paper bags or newspaper. Her sewing seemed to always prompt interest from others. In 1930 at the age of 12, she sewed the first curtains for her Grandpapa and Grandmother Jessie and Martha Daniel's new home. Also the deceased created marvelously and intricately designed crochet and embroidery pieces; additionally, her beautifully pieced quilts contained the most miniscule stitches. Stuffed animals, dolls, and other toys were only a few of her crafted items thrilling her boys and girls in the classroom.
Over the years Mrs. Shackelford wrote many poems and plays as another outlet for her creative juices. However, in the early part of 1990, she began writing her memoirs for her only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming. That effort resulted in a small book of approximately 10,000 words. Memories is a wonderfully written book, providing a great source of photographs, information, and pen and ink drawings served to answer the many questions of her daughter, not only delighting her, but also her granddaughters Sonja Fleming of Preston and Yona Fleming of Texas.
For approximately 50 years, Annie Ruth Shackelford was a serious Bible student. Daily Bible reading and studying were necessary parts of her day. Not only did she study God's Word, but she also taught it to the youngest ones on to the senior adults, including Sunbeams, Sunday School, Training Union, and Vacation Bible School. The loves and talents God infused into that lady came to an end when she lost her eyesight to Macular Degeneration. She never understood why God allowed this disease into her life, but accepted that it was His will as He is a sovereign God in control of all.
The most serious phase of her life was that of mother. She was forced to become a single mother when it was not accepted in society. In spite of her wounded husband's desertion at the end of World War II, she provided for her only daughter a comfortable home, nice clothes, good food with plenty of "goodies" for the "sweet tooth." Not only did she secure necessities, but she also provided spiritual guidance, love, devotion, loyalty, and a pathway to Jesus Christ for her daughter.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was a lady, a mother.
Annie Ruth Fulton Shackelford was preceded in death by her mother Bertha Alma Daniel Fulton; her father Roger Greene Fulton, Sr.; an unnamed infant brother; two other brothers, Clifton O'Neil Fulton and Roger G. Fulton, Jr.; one sister Ida Mae Fulton Copeland. Survivors include an only daughter Sylvia Shackelford Fleming; two granddaughters Sonja and Yona Fleming; one sister Edna Fulton Stokes. Included in her survivors are the many children she has loved through the years.
Courtesy of McClain Funeral Home, Philadelphia, MS 2-13-2012
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