Severt, Shelma Irene

June 15, 1956 - November 17, 2009

2nd Timothy 4:7, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” and so our beloved Shelma Lusk Severt of Gas Plant Road, Bolt “finished her course” at the Bowers Hospice House on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. She was 53 years of age. Born Shelma Irene Lusk on June 15, 1956 at Mullens, she was the 5th of 7 children born to the late Phillip and Gracie McKinney Lusk. Shelma spent her childhood at Herndon, where she graduated from Herndon High School, Class of 1974. A graduate of Concord College, in 1981, she held a masters degree from West Virginia University. Shelma began her teaching career at Baileysville Elementary School. She taught science at Herndon High School and Westside High School for many years. The last two years she has taught at Independence Middle School. “Mrs. Severt” loved her students. She will be remembered for her dedication to them. A member of the Saulsville Baptist Church, she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Shelma loved to farm. At the end of the day when Shelma’s family remembers her it is one word that comes to mind, Energetic! Her life was always full, lived to the max! Left to cherish her memory is her devoted husband of 22 years, Edward “Eddie” Severt; the precious mother of Robert Justin Severt, a sophomore at West Virginia University and Allison Rene Severt at home; the fond sister of Phillip Lusk, Eddie Lusk and his wife Teresa, Janie Shrader and her husband Gary and Sharon Shrader and her husband Dennis all of Princeton, Donna Lambert and her husband George of Mullens and Frances Austin and her husband Keith of Herndon; several nieces and nephews; students, co-workers, friends, neighbors and her church family also survive. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Saulsville Baptist Church with the Rev.’s Dewey Lowe and Garry Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Wiley Bowers Cemetery in Twin Falls State Park. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Melton Mortuary Chapel and one hour prior to the services on Saturday at the church. Pallbearers will be family members and friends. The family suggests that donations of sympathy can be made to the Raleigh County Education Federal Credit Union, 105 Adair St., Beckley, WV 25801, Attn: Abigail The family would like to publicly acknowledge the Cancer Treatment Center of America, Philadelphia, PA for their compassion, care and battle to save Shelma. The family would also like to thank the Bowers Hospice House for making Shelma’s last days so comfortable. And so now, we must say good bye, to this wonderful wife, mother, sister, teacher, co-worker and friend. Our lives will never be the same. Not because she died, but rather because she lived.