Caraway
DOVER - Wilma Shepard Caraway passed away peacefully at home, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, with her loving family by her side.
She was born in Marshall, Texas, Aug. 11, 1934.
Wilma married Elton T. Caraway, in the Tabernacle Baptist parsonage, on Dec. 19, 1953. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church, in Seaford. She was an educator, and lifetime member, of the Texas Parent and Teacher Association. While living in Germany, Wilma served as vice president, of Bad Kreuznach American School's P.T.A. Wilma was a secretary, teacher, and amateur photographer. She went back to college late in life. While a student, at Delaware Tech, she won the 1983 college seal contest. Later, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree, from Delaware State University. An avid writer, Wilma was an active member of Delmarva Christian Writers' Fellowship, Kingdom Writers Fellowship, and a member of the planning committee, for the Vine and Vessels Christian Writers Conference. She compiled quotes, wrote articles, poems, and children's stories. She created a Sept. 11th Memory Chain, and Story Kit, that has been used annually in classrooms, and by homeschoolers, around the nation. Her book, 101 Surprises! Sayings with Scriptures You Didn't See Coming, won the 2014 Christian Small Publishers Association's Gift Book, of the Year. Her second book, Kids' Talk: Priceless!, was released, in Jan. 2017.
Wilma was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Elton; her dad, Arvel Shepard; her mother and stepdad, Aurie and James Worden; two sisters, Bertha Brown, and Mary Morgan; and a brother, Jerry Shepard.
She is survived by her daughter, Jenna; her son, Gerald and wife Roseann, and their children Amber and Travis, of Georgetown. Other survivors include, her brother, Arvel Shepard, and his wife Louise, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; her sister, Rilla Woodruff, of Marshall, Texas; her brother-in-law, Ruel and his wife Carol, of Hot Springs Village, Ark.; her uncle, John Holloway, of Lake Wales, Fla.; her uncle, Jesse Green, of Arnold, Mo.; and a special cousin, Margie Hendry, of Marshall, Texas. Wilma also has a number of nieces; nephews; and cousins.
A funeral service in celebration of Wilma's life, will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Mar. 4, 2017, at Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market St., Georgetown, where friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. for viewing and visitation. A reception will follow at Wesley United Methodist Church, 102 N. Laurel Street, Georgetown, Delaware. Interment will be on Monday, March 6, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.

In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the Blood Bank of Delmarva, 100 Hygeia Drive, Newark, DE 19713; Season's Hospice Palliative Care, 556 S. DuPont Blvd, Suite 101, Milford, DE 19963; or a charity of your choice. We would like to take this opportunity to thank these agencies as well as our family and friends for their love and support over the last few years.