February 20, 2004 Friday    Journal News, Hamilton, Ohio

Gladys B. Shifflet Johnson Webb

Gladys B. Shifflet Johnson Webb, age 76, of Reges Road in Irvine, [Estill County, Ky.], passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at the Madison Manor in Richmond, after a long illness. She was born October 17, 1927, in Estill County the daughter of the late Wade and Flora Cox Shifflet. She had been a nurse’s assistant at the Butler County Care Facility. She had also been employed by the Estill County Board of Education and had worked as a librarian driving the Book Mobile. She was a graduate of the Estill County High School and the Southern Ohio Business College. She was a member of the Hamilton Church of God and a former member of the Amazing Grace Choir.

She is survived by two daughters, Sue McKinney and husband Ray of Irvine and Debbie Figg and husband Jeff of Richmond; one son, Elmer Wade “Butch” Johnson and wife Becky of Richmond; seven grandchildren, Sam McKinney, Charlotte Roper, Kerensa Johnson, Mariassa Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Joshua Figg and Jessica Figg; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Webb; one sister, Virginia Lee Shifflet; six brothers, Samuel Delbert Shifflet, Donald Morgan Shifflet, Orville Wright Shifflet, Clarence Whitney Shifflet, Lawrence Gentry Shifflet and William Robert Shifflet.

Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, February 21, 2004, at 12:30 p.m. at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio, with visitation from 10:30 a.m. until time of service. Friends may call between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home in Irvine, Kentucky.