Judith Ann Moon Shelton

Judith Ann Moon Shelton, 78, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022, at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Born April 30, 1944, she was the first child and daughter of the late Garnette Morgan Moon and Novella Trent Moon. Later their family was made complete with the arrival of her beloved brother, Michael Morgan Moon. They were raised in a tight-knit tobacco farming community on Moons Road in Long Island surrounded by family. Judith, or as her friends called her, Judi, grew up a very active member of Edge Hill Baptist Church. This commitment to family and faith would be the defining characteristics of her life. Judith married Kenneth Wayne Shelton in 1962 and they started a family of their own. They had two daughters, Robin and Michelle, and a son, Morgan. They raised their children in that same community in Long Island until they decided to move to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to be closer to their granddaughters. Judith lived a full life in service of others and her faith. She worked in her early life as a Head Start teacher and later as both a real estate and insurance agent. She loved to cook, sing (most often at the same time), watch movies and work in her garden. She loved animals, especially dogs. But above all else, she adored her family and maintained her steadfast commitment to her faith. Judith remained very active in church activities throughout her life and founded a Facebook devotional page, Front Porch Devotions. She spent as much time as she possibly could with her children and treasured grandchildren, Ashton, Madelyn, Grant, Cole and Avery. Judith was predeceased in death by her brother Michael, her mother Novella, her father Garnette and many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins from both sides of her family. Her reunion with her family in Heaven was surely glorious. She is survived by her husband Kenneth, two daughters, Robin Gelly (Eric) of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Michelle Shelton (James) of Truckee, California; a son, Morgan Shelton (Jessica) of Arlington Virginia; and five grandchildren Mary Ashton Mangum (Joseph), Madelyn Dunmire (Michael), Grant Whitley, Cole Shelton and Avery Haines. The family will receive friends at Finch & Finch Funeral and Cremation Service in Altavista, Virginia from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2022. A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at Edge Hill Baptist Church in Hurt, Virginia on Saturday, October 8, 2022, beginning at 11:00 a.m. by the Rev. Josh Crews. The family suggests that those wishing to make memorials consider the Forsyth Humane Society of North Carolina at 4881 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 ().

Judith Ann Moon Shelton

April 30, 1944 - September 23, 2022