Joyce Gilliland

Joyce Gilliland- Shugart, 81, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2008 in a Chattanooga hospital. She was born on December 14, 1926 in Banbury, Oxon, England and later moved to Cleveland in 1946 as a "War Bride". She served in the British Army during World War II. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Cleveland.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Bill Gilliland; parents, Robert and Hilda Dumbleton; great-grandson, Anthony Porterfield.

Survivors include her husband, Fred Shugart of Cleveland; children: Janet Gilliland Daniel of Chattanooga, TN, Hilda Gilliland Smith and husband David of Wilkesboro, NC, Patti Gilliland Vernon and husband Freddie of Cleveland, TN and Bill Gilliland and wife Carolyn of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren: Vicki Daniel Porterfield and husband Jim of Hixson, TN, Dahlia Goins Guinn and husband Gary of Cleveland, TN, Abbie Smith Hanchey and husband Hugh of Ferguson, NC, Bethany Smith Swaim and husband Jon of Ferguson, NC and Ben Daniel of Chattanooga, TN; great-grandchildren: Hunter Guinn of Cleveland, TN, Aidan Guinn of Cleveland, TN, Holt Hanchey of Ferguson, NC and Garris Swaim of Ferguson, NC; siblings and spouses: Hilda and Porky Halkett of Ottawa, Canada, Mary and Joe Slick of Smithsburg, MD, Betty and Don Taunt of Tacoma, WA and Bob and June Dumbleton of Ascott, England; three step-children: Lelah, Sam and Henry Shugart; wonderful friends, Wanda Pruitt and Marge Rainey both of Cleveland, TN and also many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 7, 2008 in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with Dr. William Owens officiating. Interment will follow in Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with a white dove release ceremony concluding the service.

Her family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 7, 2008 at the funeral home prior to the service.

















OUT IN THE FIELDS
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what might pass
I cast them all away
Among tile clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the hushing of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born -
Out in the fields of God.

Memorials may be made to the Orange Grove Capital Campaign, 615 Derby Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404.

We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Gilliland-Shugart family guestbook at www.fikefh.com.