Nellie Ketterling

July 12, 1930 - July 23, 2018

Nellie Shaw Ketterling, age 88 of 1126 Shawtown Road, Glade Valley, NC passed away Monday, July 23, 2018. She was born July 12, 1930 in Alleghany County to the late Tom and Clyde Sykes Shaw. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Edwin Ketterling; one daughter, Barbara Cundiff; one granddaughter, Amy Ketterling; two brothers, James Shaw and John Thomas Shaw. She was a member and a Sunday school teacher at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. She loved the Lord, her family and especially her grandbabies. She enjoyed crocheting and gardening. She is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Wease and husband Allen of King, Joan McCann and husband Curtis of Mt. Airy; two sons, Edwin Ketterling and wife Cindy of Lynchburg, VA, Gary Ketterling and wife Patricia of Glade Valley; fourteen grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren; five brothers, Everette Shaw and wife Kathy of Glade Valley, Bill Shaw and wife Dorothy of Glade Valley, Donald Shaw and wife Viola of Sparta, Russell Shaw and wife Peggy of Glade Valley, Marvin Shaw and wife Betty of Glade Valley; three sisters, Martha Edwards and husband Mack of Ennice, Mabel Hamm of Sparta, Nancy Wooten and husband Bobby of Glade Valley; several nieces and nephews also survive. The family requests the honor of your presence at the funeral service to honor the life of Nellie at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2018 at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church with Reverend Everette Shaw and Pastor Brian Galyean officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home and other times at the residence. Flowers are appreciated or memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice, 401 Technology Lane, Mt. Airy, NC 27030 or to Mt. Carmel Cemetery Fund, c/o Jan Shaw, PO Box 115, Roaring Gap, NC 28668. Grandview Memorial Funeral Home is proudly serving the Ketterling family and if you wish, online condolences may be submitted to the family at www.grandviewfuneralhome.com.