

  <p>Shinn, Edith Young</p>
  <p>Passed: 2016-01-06</p>
  <p>Age: 98</p>


  <p>Source: Charleston Daily Mail</p>

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  <p>Obituary Date: 2016-01-06</p>
  <p>Information:      Edith Young Shinn, 98, of Kenna, passed away January 6, 2016 at Ravenswood Care Center following a long illness.  She was born April 5, 1917 in Gay, Jackson County, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Myrtle Evans Young.  She was a graduate of Ripley High School, where she was a member of one of the first basketball teams in school history.  She and her husband, the late Lavelle Shinn, owned and operated the Shinn Service Station in Kenna for many (54) years.  Edith was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Ripley.  She was the last surviving member of her immediate family, which included six children:  Luveda Powell, Charlotte Mays, Helen Miller, Gary Young and Joan Tincher.  Surviving are her nieces and nephews, Emilie Johnson and family, Scott Tincher and family, Bonnie Parsons and family and Frankie Mays and family.  Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with the Rev. Charles Hicks officiating.  Burial will be in Fairplain Cemetery.  Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Memories and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.waybrightfuneralhome.com.</p>


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