Judy Anne Shackelford, 81, of Grafton, graduated to her heavenly home Saturday, May 10, 2025, with her loving husband by her side.
She was born December 22, 1943, in Kingwood, a daughter of the late Ezra Guy and Goldie Isabell Ridenour Sypolt.
In 1986, she was hired into the Telecommunications Department at West Virginia University. While at WVU, she worked with Tim Williams, helping to establish the first voicemail system in the history of the university. She retired from WVU in 2010.
She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Business in 1989 from Fairmont State College.
Judy was an active member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. The role that she enjoyed the most at the church was working in the bus ministry alongside her husband, Chuck.
She took joy in bringing children and adults to church, where they could get a good breakfast, hear the gospel, and have the opportunity to accept God’s plan of salvation. She and Chuck retired from the bus ministry in 2021 due to her health issues, but her heart was always with the bus
ministry.
In addition to her job and work at the church, she enjoyed traveling around the state with her husband, camping, fishing and spending time with her beloved grandchildren.
She is survived by her loving husband of almost 60 years, Charles Lee “Chuck” Shackelford; a daughter, Melanie Saffle and husband Chuck of Newburg; a grandson, Carson Saffle and Destiny; a granddaughter, Courtney Rosencrance and her husband, Bryan; her beautiful great- grandson, Bodie Rosencrance; two brothers-in- law, Paul Wiles and Richard Shackelford; niece, Paula Courtney and husband Michael; three great-nephews, several great-great- nieces and nephews; and her special “bonus” daughter, Louise Lansberry and husband James.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother, Ezra Guy Sypolt Jr.; a sister, Rose Wiles; her father- and mother-in- law, Charles W. and Arlene Shackelford; and several close cousins from Preston County.
Friends and family may call from 9 until the funeral service at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 15, in the Oak Grove Baptist Church, 1081 Oak Grove Road, Independence, WV 26374, with Pastor Craig Johnson officiating.
Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations, in her memory, to the Oak Grove Baptist Church Bus Ministry, 1081 Oak Grove Road, Independence, WV 26374.
Condolences may be extended to the family at www.fieldfuneralhome.com
