Mrs. Marilyn Bargery Shumate, of Tiptonville, passed away Saturday Dec. 19, 2020 at Union City Nursing & Rehab.  She was born Nov. 24, 1930 to the late Robert & Bess Bargery.  She loved playing Basketball for Ridgely High school and was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Tiptonville where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday School.   She retired from the Northwest Correctional Center as a Corrections Officer.

She is survived by her sons, Robin Shumate ( Linda) of Woodland Mills, TN and John William Shumate ( Angie) of Troy, a daughter, Kathy Zabel ( Roy) of Tiptonville, Ten Grandchildren; Marilyn Burton, Josh Zabel, Jake Shumate, Hunter Shumate, Mason Shumate, Allison Morgan, Anna Preslar, Aubree Shumate, Jerome Shumate & Vanessa Shell, Ten Great-Grandchildren, James Logan Lund, Peyton Selene Lund, Chloe Burton, Clint Burton, Diana Zabel, Dante Zabel, Brittany Sams, Gracie Garton, Madison Garner & Jared Shumate and One Great-Great-Grandchild, Cole Sams.  She was preceded in death by her husband, John Hamilton Shumate and her parents, Robert William Bargery and Bess Dial Bargery.

Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 at First Baptist Church in Tiptonville.  Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. at New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely, conducted by Rev. John Troutman.  Pallbearers will be Jarid Burton, Josh Zabel, John, Hunter & Mason Shumate and Logan Lund.