Shadden, Ruby Blevins

Longtime Insurance Agent With Edwards Insurance Agency

  • Monday, November 2, 2020
Ruby Shadden
Ruby Shadden

Ruby Blevins Shadden, 95, of Chickamauga, Georgia, passed away on October 31, 2020.

Mrs. Shadden was born in Ider, Alabama, to the late Vinnie Elizabeth Bell Blevins and Eddie Lee Blevins, Sr. on December 5, 1924. She worked as an insurance agent for Edwards Insurance Agency for over 30 years. She was an active member of Elizabeth Lee United Methodist Church for over 60 years where she cared for the nursery for over 20 years. She belonged to the United Methodist Women’s Organization and was involved with the J.O.Y. Sunday School class.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, John Lee Shadden, Sr., whom she married on June 19, 1948, in Chattanooga; along with nine brothers and sisters.

Survivors include her children, Deborah Shadden (Reed) Freeman, of Cedartown, Georgia and John Lee (Sandy) Shadden, Jr. of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Molly (Jason) Jordan of Cedartown, GA, John (Ali) Freeman of Rome, GA, Nicholas Shadden and Catie Shadden of Chattanooga, TN; great-grandchildren, Caroline, Neelley, and Stuart Jordan of Cedartown, GA, Lawrence Freeman of Rome, GA; sister, Alta Blevins Scott of Birmingham, AL; and brother, E.L. Blevins, Jr. (Evaun) of Chickamauga, GA; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, John Reed Freeman, Nicholas Shadden, Jason Jordan, and nephews, V.C. Scott, IV, David Blevins and Barry Blevins.

Memorial contributions may be made to the J.O.Y. Class Love Offering Fund, Elizabeth Lee Methodist Church, P.O. Box 126 Chickamauga, GA 30707 or Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000 Boone, NC 28607 or the CHI Memorial Hospital Foundation.

A private funeral service will be held on Wednesday at Elizabeth Lee United Methodist Church with Reverend Zach Fitzpatrick officiating. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. at Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Visit www.heritagebattlefield.com to share condolences with the family and view memorial tribute.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, social distancing and masks are required during visitation.

The family will receive friends from 2-5 p.m. on Tuesday at Elizabeth Lee United Methodist Church.

Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Battlefield Parkway.

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