MARTHA ELIZABETH SHOCKLEY RORRER
PULASKI – Martha Elizabeth Shockley Rorrer went home to 
her heavenly father Monday, Mar. 8, 2004. She served her 
time of 100 years, 9 months, and 17 days on earth being 
the daughter of Henry and Mary Goad Shockley of Carroll 
County, Va.
Martha married Charlie Ellis Rorrer, Sr. at the age of 14 
on Oct. 28, 1917; they were married 61 years. Mr. Rorrer 
died in 1958. Of their union, 17 children were born, 4 of 
whom died at birth. Also deceased are 3 step children: Ray, 
Roscoe, and Anna Mae Rorrer Trent. Deceased children are: 
Troy (Thelma), Agnes, Rodney (Helen), Daniel (Margaret), and 
Doranna (Stan) Arner.
Surviving children are: Hazel (Tom) Vaughan, Pulaski; James 
(Wanda) Rorrer, Dublin; and Charlie Rorrer, Jr. (Eveleen), 
Pulaski. Tom (Barb) Rorrer, Washington; Julie Rorrer, 
California; Gladys (Ed) Parks, Edith Rorrer, and Bobby 
(Elise) Rorrer, all of Canton, Ohio. From these children 
she celebrates the birth of 62 grandchildren, 79 great 
grandchildren, 54 great, great grandchildren, and 8 great, 
great, great grandchildren.
Granny, as she was known, was a midwife and a herbologist 
in her younger days. She loved collecting and digging herbs. 
She also will be remembered for all of her canning of which 
she continued till last fall.
Granny is also known for her quilts of which many loved ones 
are comforted by still.
Funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from Stevens 
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Clayton Quesenberry officiating. 
Burial will follow in the Rorrer Family Cemetery on Granny 
Hollow Lane, Pulaski. Visiting will be Wednesday evening 
from the funeral home where the family will receive friends 
from 6 until 8 p.m. The family will be meeting at the 
residence of the son and daughter-in-law, Charles and 
Eveleen Rorrer on Case Knife Road.
We have truly lost a heirloom in her passing.
Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.