Angelia Brinn Shackelford, age 57, a resident of Bath, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at her home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at St. Clair’s Church of Christ, officiated by David Mason. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 12:30 p.m. until the service hour at the church.
Angelia was born in Beaufort County on Feb. 9, 1961, the daughter of the late Jatha Buchanan Brinn and Lucy Waters Brinn. She was a graduate of Bath High School. Angelia attended East Carolina University and graduated from John Wesley Bible College with a degree in Business and Economics. She married Chip Shackelford on March 27, 1993. Angelia spent 25 years working in the congressional offices of Congressman Tim Valentine and Congressman Melvin Watt, retiring to the Brinn Farm in Bath in 2012. She was an avid gardener as long as her health permitted, loved listening to music, especially the Eagles, and taking care of and loving her animals.
Along with her husband, Chip Shackelford, of Bath, she is survived by: two sisters, Barbara Brinn Mason and husband Jack and June Brinn Wallace and husband Jack, both of Bath; three nieces, Jenni W. Uzzell, Gina W. Hull and Leigh Anne M. Clark; nephew, Jay Mason; three great-nieces, Rachel B. Uzzell Greyson Hull and Avery Hull; and five great-nephews, Tyler Clark, Alex Clark, Ryan Mason, Colby Mason and Jack Uzzell. She was preceded in death by her sister, Sue Brinn Conway.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Arts of The Pamlico, 150 W. Main St., Washington, NC 27889.
You may share a memory with the family by visiting www.josephpaulfdl.com.
Joseph B. Paul Jr. Funeral Director Licensee of Washington is serving the Shackelford family.