Violet Gail Burks Shelby, age 70 of Montevallo passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at her residence.  Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Friday, January 4, 2019 at Bell Sumiton Chapel with burial in Davis Cemetery.  Rev. Bruce LeVan will officiate.  Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home.

Preceding her in death were her father, William Harlston Burks; mother, Willodean Cornelius Burks Cummings; sister, Elizabeth Ann Burks Bynum; stepfather, Aubrey Wheatley, and grandparents.

Survivors include her daughters, Samantha Shelby and Tabitha Holly Shelby; sisters, Brenda Helen Burks Stamps, Belinda Burks Desiderio, Melissa Wright Putzier, and Sharon Wheatley Krock; grandchildren, Savannah Moon Goldstein, and Hailey Abeille Raine Goldstein; grandchild, Victoria Lilly Shelby-Shirley, Cleyera Pearl Shelby-Shirley and Amaryllis Lizza Shelby-Shirley.