In Memory of

Shelby

B.

Proffit

(Spears)

Obituary for Shelby B. Proffit (Spears)

Shelby B. (Spears) Proffit, 82, widow of Charlie Proffit, passed away on Friday, August 28th, 2020. She was born on November 10th, 1937 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, daughter of the late James K. Varderman Spears and Nellie (Creekmore) Winstead. Shelby was a member of Victory Life Church. She had been a waitress at O’charley’s and she enjoyed knitting baby blankets for her family and friends and working in her flower garden. Shelby is survived by her daughter, Sonia Renee (Steve) Manners; two sons, Luther Douglas (Patricia) Craine Jr. and James Kenneth Click; five grandchildren, Brandon Craine, Logan Craine, Brooke Burge Mastin, Christopher Burge and Aaron Burge; several great grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren; one sister, Mary Winstead; one brother, David (Carolyn) Brown. In addition to her parents and her husband, Shelby was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Betty Burge; two sisters, Ann Brown and Betty Craine; one brother, William “Bud” Creekmore. Services will be private.