Mrs. Shook was born November 11, 1931 in Polk County, SC to the late Sebastian Shook and Ida McFarland Harrison.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Hayden Leroy Shook, a son, Hayden Leroy Shook Jr. and a brother, Andrew Harrison.
Dessie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved gardening, knitting, flowers, and art and was an accomplished oil painter. She also loved her dog, Scooter, a Boston Terrier. She worked as an occupational therapist at Charlotte Memorial Rehab and for Shuford Mills as a seamstress.
Those left to cherish her memory include Survivors include her son Jeff L. Shook and wife Debra of Mooresville, NC, her daughters Melinda S. McElhaney of Charlotte, Martha Jean Shook of Charlotte and Beverly S. Farquhar of Greensboro, her granddaughter Ledane Leigh Poplin, her great-grandson Chad Poplin, brother, Junior Harrison of Reader, WV, sisters, Darlene Stafford of Taylorsville, Mary Lou Kanipe of Hickory and Sarah Pollock of Hickory. Also left to cherish her memory are numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 2 pm in the Chapel of Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Coffey officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service, from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home.
Burial will take place at Edgemont Baptist Church in Edgemont, North Carolina and will be held privately.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorials be made to: Wilson Creek Clean Up Fund at 8395 Hwy 90 Collettesville, NC 28611 RE: Shook Memorial, C.F.D. Firefighters Relief Fund at 500 Dalton Ave, Charlotte, NC 28206, RE: Shook Memorial, or to Edgemont Baptist
Church, 7980 Edgemont Church Place, Collettsville, NC 28611 RE: Shook Memorial.
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Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Dessie Malorie Harrison Shook.
