Lenore Shipley, 88, passed away peacefully March 21, 2021, at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, Florida. She was born March 18, 1933 in Lynn, Kentucky, the daughter of Roscoe and Nellie Margaret (Sperry) Stephens.
Lenore graduated from McKell High School in South Shore, Kentucky, Class of 1950. Following graduation, she attended Morehead State University, where she met her husband, Reign Hugh Shipley. She was a teacher in Kentucky, and a long-time paraprofessional at Vernon Elementary School, Vernon, Florida.
Lenore was a loyal member of Bradfordville First Baptist Church in Tallahassee, Florida, having previously been a member of First Baptist Church, Bonifay, Florida and Eastside Baptist Church Vernon, Florida. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Ft. Myers, Florida. She loved to sing and was an accomplished soprano. She took great joy in helping those who were unable to help themselves. She wished to be remembered as someone who knew the Lord, and that she is now with Him. She loved her children “more than life”.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Roscoe Edward Stephens, and two sisters, Miriam Sperry Stephens Burton, and Mary Elizabeth Stephens Kilgore. Surviving are daughters, Mary Jo Watlington (Jim) of Golden, Colorado; and Carol Margaret Sisk (Dwayne) of Stafford, Virginia; son, William Jeffrey Shipley (Valerie) of Tallahassee, Florida; four grandchildren, Paul Richard Shipley (Diana), Eric David Watlington, Daniel James Watlington (Laressa), and Patricia Ashley Shipley; four great-grandchildren, Zachary Dylan Shipley, Katelyn Nicole Shipley, Aydrian Joel Grenhoff, and Layla Rae Kirkland; many nieces and nephews.
A service of remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. Central Daylight Time at Eastside Baptist Church, 3385 Roche Ave., Vernon, Florida. Burial will be at Bellefonte Memorial Gardens, Flatwoods, Kentucky at a later date. Those who wish to remember Lenore in a special way may make gifts in her memory to Gideons International or to Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee.
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