Amanda Scretha Shifflett

Mrs. Amanda Scretha Shifflett, 82, widow of Leonard Mitchell Shifflett, died at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Royer, 806 East Market St. Mrs. Shifflett was ill for a year.

Her condition became critical three weeks ago. A daughter of George W. Shifflett and Lydia Jane Landis Shifflett, she was born on May 6, 1875 in Rockingham county and lived most of her life in the McGaheysville-Elkton community. She had been making her home in the Harrisonburg area for the past 22 years. She resided with Mrs. Royer for the past three years.

In 1901 she married Leonard M. Shifflett who died in 1949. She was a member of the Mt. Olive Brethren Church at Pineville. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Royer, she is survived by three sons, Everett R. Shifflett, of Harrisonburg; James T. Shifflett, of Mt. Crawford; and Otho W. Shifflett, of Palymyra, Pa. She also leaves 17 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Moyers, of Roanoke; Mrs. Margaret Crawford, of Waynesboro; and Mrs. Sally Miller, of McGaheysville; and two brothers, George Shifflett, of Falls Church; and Frank Shifflett, of Palmyra, Pa.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the chapel of the Lindsey Funeral Home on S. Main St. with her pastor, Dr. Albert G. Edwards, officiating.

Burial will be in the McGaheysville cemetery. The body now rests at the funeral home where friends and pallbearers are asked to meet Saturday afternoon at 1:45. The relatives will meet at the Royer home, 806 East Market St., Saturday afternoon at 1:40 for a brief service prior to leaving for the funeral chapel. The relatives will be at the funeral home Friday evening from 7:30 until 8:30.

The Daily News Record, October 3, 1957

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