Shamblen, Barbara Jean Lanham

Passed: 2002-12-13

Age: 50

Source: Ravenswood News

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2002-12-18

Information: Barbara Jean (Lanham) Shamblen, 50, beloved wife, mother, and nannie, of Ripley WV, died Friday, December 13, 2002, at her residence.  She was born May 16, 1952, daughter of the late Wanda Cobb Lanham Brown.  She was a member of the Ripley Church of Christ and a homemaker.  She is survived by her husband, William ""Bill"" Shamblen of Ripley; two daughters, Donna Jean Shinn and Bobbye Joe Shamblen, both of Ripley; brothers, James Lanham of Jackson County and Wayne Landis of Ohio; sisters, Ann Sullivan and Gail McNabb, both of Oak Hill WV and Brenda Justice of Ohio; six grandchildren, MiKayla Jean Shinn, Kelsey Morgan Fields, William Scott Shamblen-Fields, Nicholas Avery Wells, Serina Leann Jordan and Ashley Cochrin.  In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a sister and a grandmother.  Funeral services will be conducted today (Wednesday, December 18) at 10 a.m. at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home with Minister Clifton McLawhorn officiating.  Entombment will be in the Jackson County Memory Gardens, Cottageville WV.  In lieu of flowers, donations are to be made to Hospice of Kanawha County.