Ruth Thomas McIntyre Shull

Dr. Ruth Thomas McIntyre Shull, age 88, of Charleston, SC, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. She was born on November 17, 1930 in Toccoa, GA, the daughter of Lessie and Ira McMinn. A 1951 graduate of Furman University, she was a member of several honor societies and received the Mary Mildred Sullivan Alumnae Award in 1986 for community service.

In 1955 she graduated from the Medical College of Georgia where she specialized in pediatrics and served 3 years on staff of GA Training School. After 10 years in private practice in Port Wentworth and Rincon, GA, she joined the staff of Franklin Fetter Health Center in Charleston from 1970-1990. There she also served as acting medical director two times over the course of her career.

She has been an active member of Northbridge Baptist Church since 1969. She has served as WMU director, library chairman, and adult and children's Sunday School teacher. She also taught ESL courses and visited shut-ins regularly. In addition to serving the community and the Church, she delighted in being a loving mother and grandmother, but her greatest joy was in serving and sharing her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

She was predeceased by husband Dr. J. Lowell Thomas in 1968, by husband Col. James H. McIntyre in 1993, and by husband Alvin E. Shull in 2013. Also, she was preceded in death by brother Charles McMinn of Nashville, TN, and by sister Willie Love White of Dalton, GA.

Survivors include 4 children: Carolyn T. Rabon, John L. Thomas (Meg), Patricia T. Walpole (Hank), and Charlotte T. Floyd (Craig); 15 grandchildren: Spence, Pierce, Austin, Rebecca, Jackson, Craig, Evan, Anna, Simon, Hunter, James, Adeline, Cole, Anne Elizabeth, and Ruthie; 2 brothers: Delano McMinn (Willene), and Don McMinn (Ginger); 6 stepchildren: Sandra McIntyre (Hob), Dr. Steve McIntyre (Missy), Linda S. Baucom (Larry), Debra S. Keeney (Mark), Randall Shull, and Angela S. Swain (Johnny). and many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She is also predeceased by 1 stepson and 1 step great-grandson.

A visitation will be held Friday, July 5, 2019 in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Pkwy from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Her funeral service will be held Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Northbridge Baptist Church, 1160 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, at 1:00 p.m. with a visitation to follow. Private burial will be held at Sunnyside Farms.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Northbridge Baptist Church, or to Roper Hospice Cottage (676 Wando Park Blvd, Mount Pleasant SC 29464).