It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of Patsy Jean Shumate, 83, of Fries, Virginia on September 9, 2020 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia.

She was born on May 15, 1937 in Volney, Virginia.  Patsy lived her childhood in Volney, Virginia and NC.  She attended the Konnarock School for Girls, and often remarked those were the happiest times of her childhood.  In 1951 she married her soul partner and together they moved to Baltimore, Maryland where they lived for thirty-five years raising their family.  Patsy made many friends throughout her life and had varied interests; she enjoyed gardening, music, reading, and crocheting, to name a few.  She enjoyed creating pretty things every day.

Patsy, a good woman, will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her son, Tracy Shumate of the home; daughter, Sheree Allen of Joppa, Maryland; brother Jerry Neaves of Darlington Maryland; granddaughters, Bree Allen of Edgewater, Maryland and Whitney Allen of Joppa, Maryland; as well as man other family members and friends.  She was predeceased by her devoted husband of forty years, James Lundy Shumate, mother, Evelyn Taylor, father, Russell Neaves, and brothers, Allen Neaves and Ronald Taylor.

Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Darren Kincer and Rev. Dusty Reedy officiating. Interment will follow in the Corinth Cemetery in Rugby, Virginia.

The family will be at the funeral home on Sunday from- 1:30 PM until the hour of service.

Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Independence, Virginia is serving the Shumate family.