Mrs. Mary Ruth Walker Shelton

June 4, 1942 - December 30, 2019

Mrs. Mary Ruth Walker Shelton, age 77, of Christiana, passed away December 30, 2019. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. January 5, 2020, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at New Beechgrove Cemetery. Brother Tim Key will officiate. Visitation will be 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the funeral home. Mary Ruth was born June 4, 1942, to Christine Moore Walker and the late Edwin Bryant Walker. She was the former owner of Dairy Queen in Shelbyville, a member of First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Ernest Shelton, of Christiana; two daughters, Renee (Garrett) Gordon, and Donna Lynn (Scott) Shortridge, both of Shelbyville; a brother, Eddie Walker; three grandchildren, Walker Gordon, of Shelbyville, Alexa (Andrew) Key, of Paris, Tennessee, and Sydney Shortridge, of Starkville, Mississippi; one great-grandchild, Ava Ruth Key, of Paris, Tennessee; and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America 322 Eighth Ave, 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.alzfdn.org Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.