Dovalee Harris Shilling, age 75 of 946 Valley Drive, Fieldale, died on July 6, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville/H-C. She was born in Carroll County on June 25, 1933 to the late Clyde L. and Barbara Dalton Harris. She was also predeceased by one sister Ida Dean Whitlow.
She was of the Baptist Faith. She worked at DuPont for many years, kept children in her home, worked for the Sourthern Area Agency of the Aging and was co-owner of a transport service with her husband. She was a graduate of Fieldale High School, Class of 1951.
She is survived by her husband of 49 years, William L. "Bill" Shilling of the home, two sons, William L. "Billy" Shilling, II of Bassett, and Gregory A. "Greg" Shilling of Surfside Beach, SC, one daughter, Regina Lee Shilling of Fieldale, three sisters, Pearlie Reynolds of Fieldale, Alma Stultz of Ridgeway, and Gail Mayhew of Chatham, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Roselawn Funeral Home, S. T. Fulcher, Jr.will conduct the service. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 9:30-11 a.m.on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 in the chapel of Roselawn and at other times at the home in Fieldale.
Memorial donations may be made to the Pythian Scholarship Fund, c/o Thomas Fain, P.O. Box 95, Martinsville, VA 24114.
Arrangements are by Roselawn Chapel Funeral Home