Obituary Verna
Ellen Shockey 108 years old of Malvern, Arkansas died Sunday, March 9,
2003. She was buried in Cooper Cemetery, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas. She
was born 10-12-1894 in Hot Springs Co. the daughter of Phillip Calvin
Shockey of Allen Co., Ohio and Plezzie Hamilton Shockey. She was the
Grand-daughter of Isaac and Hanna Elvira Pratt Shockey on Urbana,
Champaign Co., Ohio. Her husband Lewie Newton Shockey died in 1943.
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Verna Ellen Shockey,
108, of Malvern, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, March 9th, 2003 in a Hot
Springs Hospital.
She was born 12
October 1894 in Malvern, Arkansas, to the late Phillip Calvin Shockey and
Pleasant Jane Hamilton. She was a homemaker. Her favorite things to do
were piecing quilts, embroidery work and travel.
She is survived by
one son, Jack Lincoln Shockey, of Hot Springs, two daughters, Floy Jane
Rhodes of Boonville and Ruby Leota Bozeman of Malvern. Nine Grandchildren:
John Shockey, Twila Walker, Ruth Crites, Ralph Edwards, Douglas Shockey,
Nancy Smith, Steve Shockey and David Shockey. Also, seventeen great grand
children and ten great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by
her parents, her husband Lewie Newton Shockey, two sons, Johnny and Claude
and one grandson, Wayne Shockey.
Arrangements are
under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern.
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