Funeral services for Mrs. Maybelle Shadoin will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday August 24, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Ruston with Reverand Clayton Owen and Dr. Chris Craig officiating. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick Memorial Gardens in Ruston under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston. Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until time of service at the church.
Maybelle M. Shadoin was born November 1, 1932, in West Carroll Parish, LA and departed this life on August 20, 2024 in Ruston. Maybelle was preceded in death by husband Robert F. Shadoin, Jr.; her parents: Jesse J. and Clara Mays Motley; sisters: Katherine Mills and Mary Ann Lewis; brother Millard J. Motley and stepson Ronald G. Shadoin.
Maybelle has been a resident of Ruston since 1973. She was a legal secretary before coming to Ruston and a retired member of the administrative staff of the College of Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Maybelle served as a member of the Church Library Staff of First Baptist Church of Ruston for thirty years. She is the author of Louisiana Grassroots, a book giving a firsthand account of growing up in northeast Louisiana during the Great Depression and World War II.
Maybelle is survived by a son, Dennis G. Stewart; daughter, Marilyn S. Neaville and husband Philip; stepson Rob Shadoin and wife Carol. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Jamie Godbold, David Godbold, Kimberly Littlefield, John Ludwig, Chris Ludwig, Erroll Neaville, Catherine Stradling and Evan Stewart; step grandchildren: Ginny Canterbury, Robbie Shadoin, Sarah Duke, Shelby Brazzel, Justin Shadoin, and Tyler Shadoin; and 33 great-grandchildren as well as other family members and numerous friends.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Jack Starnes, Owen Starnes, Jason Duke, Brian Canterbury, Lance Littlefield, and Matt Griffin. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Church Library at First Baptist Church of Ruston. To leave an online memorial message for the family, please visit www.owensmemorialfuneralhome.com.
