Shelby Jean Sprinkle Lambert

Mrs. Shelby Jean Sprinkle Lambert, 71, of 1095 Turnersburg Hwy., Statesville, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Born in Iredell County on March 11, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Sherrill Raymond Sprinkle and Mary Caseline Lambert Sprinkle. She was retired from the textile industry and was a member of East Side Baptist Church. On September 27, 1958, she married Donald L. Lambert who survives. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill and Charles Sprinkle.

Also surviving are two sons, Terry Lambert (Diane) and Randy Lambert (Lana), two daughters, Donna Elliott (Barry) and Robin Horne (Ricky) along with eleven grandchildren: Jennifer O'Neill (Jim), Lori Patterson (Clint), Lisa Arehart (Corey), Matt Elliott (Jennifer), Sherrie Lambert (Shawn Lemire), Misty Lambert, Josh Horne, Mary Lippard (Ryan), Megan Horne, Courtney Lambert and Rebecca Lambert. Also surviving are fourteen great grandchildren: Chelsea Avehart, Joseph Avehart, Jacob Wingate, Riley Patterson, Caleb Patterson, Shelby Crain, Jaxon O'Neill, Chase Elliott, Chloe Elliott, Johnathan Cartner, Brooklyn Lippard, Elijah Edwards, William O'Neill and Dakota O'Neill.

Services celebrating Shelby's life will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Saturday December 29, 2012 at East Side Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Morgan, Rev. John Parks and Rev. J.C.Parks officiating. She will lie in state for thirty minutes prior to the service and burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Matt Elliott, Clint Patterson, Jim O'Neill, Shawn Lemire, Josh Horne and Jacob Wingate.

The family will be assembled at the residence of the deceased and will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Friday evening at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent online to the family at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be given to the American Lung Association 514 Daniels St. # 109, Raleigh, North Carolina 27605. Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.