Ellen Mae Rigley Stults

Ellen Mae Rigley Stults was born July 19, 1940 in Mishawaka, IN, the daughter of the late Charles Rigley and Frances Keen Rigley Stoeckinger. She married Russell Ezell Stults, November 24, 1956 and he preceded her in death, March 10, 2017. Mrs. Stults, a retired assembly line worker, attended Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church. She was a member of the Jewel T Dishes Club, Collinwood and St. Joseph Senior Citizens and departed this life, October 2, 2019 at her home at the age of 79 Years, 2 Months and 13 Days.

Survivors, sons, Russell Mark Stults, wife, Miriam of Goshen, IN, Matthew Wayne Stults, wife, Ellen of Cypress Inn, TN; daughters, Jeanith Ellen Sherrill of Lutts, TN, Tammy Lynn Thompson, husband, Joe of Madison, TN; grandchildren, Michelle Ballard (Chris), Rusty Sherrill, Laporsha Simbeck (Jesse), Shane Sherrill, Joshua Thompson, Jolene Yount (Ryan), Tylan Stults (Brianna), Hayden Stults (Katie); great grandchildren, Samantha Ballard, McKenzie and Trenton Simbeck, Hayden Sherrill, Lexia Larravide, Maliyah Thompson, Cooper and Owen Stults; brothers, Bob Rigley of Phoenix, AZ, Glen Stoeckinger of Elkhart, IN; sisters, Joann Schultz of South Bend, IN, Betty Smith, Pat Sluder and Mary Dickerhoof all of Elkhart , IN and nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Stults was preceded in death by brothers, George Rigley, Joe Rigley and sister, Norma Thompson.

Services will be Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors chapel, Collinwood, Tennessee, with Gene Kelley officiating. Burial will follow in Railroad Cemetery, Iron City, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Visitation will be Friday, October 4, 2019 from 6 to 8 pm and Saturday, October 5 2019 from 1 pm to service time at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Rusty Sherrill, Joshua Thompson, Jesse Simbeck, Shane Sherrill, Tylan Stults and Hayden Stults.