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Subject: Shoffner.J.Roy.2005.Bell.OBIT


J. Roy Shoffner September 24, 2005 
Bell County KyArchives Obituaries

Knoxville News sentinel 27 Sep 2005
SHOFFNER, J. ROY - Harrogate, TN, passed away peacefully Saturday September 
24th 2005. Born September 6, 1928 in Harrogate, Tennessee. The son of the late 
Junas Roy Shoffner and Celia Shoffner Woodby. He was know throughout the 
aviation world and was an avid pilot as well as being a successful business 
man. 
Survived by: loving wife, Eddie Lou; children, John (Jennine) Shoffner, 
Knoxville, TN, Jamie Lynn (Michael D.) Bowling, Jay (Kelly) Shoffner and Jerry 
(Farra) Shoffner, all of Middlesboro; daughter-in-law, Kris Shoffner of Emerald 
Isle, NC; grandchildren, Kendall and Brynn Taylor Shoffner, Ashley, Adam and 
Blake Bowling, Madison and Mallory Shoffner, Celia and Nick Shoffner; 
stepfather, Fred Woodby, Harrogate; mother-in-law, Viola Davis, Speedwell, TN; 
brother-in-law, William Roy Davis, Rockwood, TN; sister-in-law and brother-in- law, Betty and Eddie Chumley, Harrogate; special nieces and nephew; Kim (Tim) 
Bozeman, Pamela Ann (Robert) Burnett and Greg Chumley all of Franklin, TN; 
aunts, Mary Francis (Don) Dunn, Rock Hall, MD, Maureen Shoffner, Harrogate and 
Maggie Shifley Sherrill of Rose Hill, VA; devoted friend, Zelda (Anthony) 
Robbins, Middlesboro; and a host of other relatives and dear friends. 
Visitation will be from 6-9 pm Monday evening at the First Baptist Church in 
Middlesboro. Funeral services will be at 11 am Tuesday at the First Baptist 
Church in Middlesboro with Rev. Stephen Earle officiating. Interment will 
follow in the Shoffner Cemetery. 
Pallbearers will be: Bill Davis, Robert Burnett, Tim Bozeman, Greg Chumley, Bob 
Cardin, Adam Bowling, Blake Bowling, Darrell Hale, WeeGee Smith and Toby Hall. 
Memorial suggested to: J. Roy Shoffner Memorial Aviation Education Fund c/o The 
Aviation Museum of Kentucky, Inc. PO Box 4118 Lexington, KY 40544. Shumate 
Funeral Home is in charge. Guest book at: 
www.shumatefuneralhome.com. 


Submitted by: Neal Byrge http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001134



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