Mary Ruth Warren, 94, of Shelbyville, passed from this life December 16, 2023, at Lynchburg Nursing Center after an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 19th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home Joe Finch officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Monday evening from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
She retired from Josten’s Inc. after 32 years of service. An avid gardener, she was her happiest when tending to her flowers and working in her yard. She loved all animals and was known to take in a stray or weakened animal who needed help and nurse them back to health.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clayton Bush and Pauline Gibson Bush, her brother, Ewin Bush and sister, Dorothy Fuller.
Mary is survived by her husband of 40 years, Donnie William Warren; sons, William Gerald Crosslin (Joyce), James Mitchell Crosslin (Linda) and daughter, Shannan Neese (Christy); three grandchildren; three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
