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Shillings, Ruth May Smith

Shillings, James D and Ruth May Smith1

Location: U-Baker

Born: October 13, 1907 Hill County, Texas

Died: March 30, 1983 Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas

Spouse:
James D Shillings (1905 – 1974)

Children:
Lucian Alyne Thompson (1926 – 1996)
Billie Ruth Shillings Lumpkin Hebert (1929 – 1998)
Donald L Shillings (1934 – 2016)

Mrs. Ruth Shillings, 71, of Route 1, Waco, a former employee of Wood manufacturing, died Wednesday at a Valley Mills nursing home.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. John Whitlatch officiating.  Burial will be at China Spring Cemetery.

Mrs. Shillings was born Oct. 13, 1907, in Hill County and attended school in Bowman.  She was married to J. D. Shillings in 1927.

She worked for Wood Manufacturing for many years, retiring in 1976, and was a member of Speegleville Baptist Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Alyne Thompson of 5109 Hawthorne, Billie Ladd of 1500 Bagby and Andrea Nightengale of Route 10; two sons, Don Shillings and Doug Shillings, both of Speegleville; a sister Opal Shellnut of Waco; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

The family will be at the Nightengale residence, Route 10, Waco.

 

 

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