Mary “Pete” Louise Burton Shelor
Mary “Pete” Louise Burton Shelor, 84, of Pulaski, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. She was preceded in death by her parents, Morris Wooling and Anna Harriman Burton; her beloved husband, Edward “Dobie” Eugene Shelor; brother, Roger Burton; and her sisters, Dorothy Akers and Betty Jo Proffit.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Gina and Rick Patton, and Kelli and Joe Russell; grandchildren, Kristopher Shelor-Bourne (Jennifer), Sara Barber (Landon), and Emily Russell; great grandchildren, Kayla Jones (Robby) and Ali Hodge (Preston); great great-grandchildren, Millie and Kora; and many other relatives and friends.
The family will receive friends from 11 until 12 p.m. on Friday, October 23, 2026, at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. Funeral services will begin at 12 p.m. with Rev. Johnny Howlett officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to Trinity Baptist Church, 4008 Robinson Tract Rd., Pulaski, VA 24301
The Shelor family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory, 120 W Main St., Radford, VA 24141. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com
October 21, 2026 @ 2:37 pm
kellie I’m so sorry for your loss.you are in my prayers
October 25, 2026 @ 4:01 pm
To “Pete’s” family: I was so saddened when I just read of her death and her funeral services are over. Pete and I were very close friends in high school and afterward. We roomed together with two other friends on our senior trip to New York. She spent a lot of time at my home. We reserved a full page for each other in our yearbooks. We shared confidences about everything. We kept in touch through the years. She of course was the “real estate agent of the year” with her company who sold my mom’s house for me when she passed away 26 years ago.
Words cannot express my feelings of loss. Please know that my heart aches along with yours. She will forever be in my heart and I will meet her again in the near future. All of you will be in my and my husband Gerald’s prayers. He also was fond of her.
“Jo” Ann Lewis Meeks, Elkton, Va.