Delma R. Sheffield

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, November 19, 2008

TOMPKINSVILLE — Delma Ree Sheffield, 72, of Tompkinsville died Nov. 17, 2008, at The Medical Center at Bowling Green.

The Monroe County native was born Aug. 24, 1936. She was retired from Key Work Clothes. She was a daughter of Mildred Wilborn Emberton of Tompkinsville, who survives, and the late Elvin Thomas Emberton, and the wife of the late Rex D. Sheffield. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Dillehay.

Funeral is at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Strode Funeral Home, with burial in Poplar Log Bowman Cemetery. Visitation is in progress today at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society or Poplar Log Bowman Cemetery.

Other survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Janet and David Copass of Tompkinsville; and a sister, Darlene Hall of Tompkinsville.