Barbara “Lucy” Shanklin, age 86, of Hopkinsville, passed away on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN of natural causes. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at Maddux Fuqua Hinton Funeral Home in Hopkinsville with burial to follow in Green Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at Maddux Fuqua Hinton Funeral Home in Hopkinsville on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home has been entrusted by the family to handle the arrangements.
Mrs. Shanklin was born in Hopkinsville, KY on May 19, 1937, the daughter of the late Russell and Irene Harris Lamb. Barbara was a homemaker and a member of Southside Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Lawrence Shanklin in 2016; son, Charles Russell Shanklin; brother, Johnny Lee Lamb, and her sister, Mickey Lamb Stone.
Survivors include her son, Rick (DeAnna) Shanklin of Daytona Beach, FL; her daughter, Debbie (Mike) Newton of Hopkinsville, KY; 3 grandchildren, Christy Cobb, Whitney Gelber, and Matthew Shanklin; and 6 great-grandchildren, Gracyn Lucy Cobb, Will Cobb, Claire Gelber, Addison Shanklin, Luke Gelber, and Elliott Shanklin.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203.
