Mary Dormalee Shoults, 59, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Cox Medical Center South.

She was born Jan. 26, 1950, in Salem, daughter of Russell and Mary Velma Counts Shipton. She and Dean Shoults were married April 26, 1969.

She went camping and horseback riding for her honeymoon. She enjoyed those hobbies with her friends and family. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and two poodles, Spookey and Tanner.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Dean Shoults of Hartshorn; three daughters, Classena Dawson of Eminence and Carma Green and Bonny Shoults of Hartshorn; a son, Clayton Shoults of Hartshorn; 9 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; a brother, Gene Shipton of Eminence; and a host of other family members.

Services were Wednesday, July 22, at Bradford Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Arvel Schweighauser officiating. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.

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