Judith Ann Sunder Shipp
Judith Ann Sunder Shipp, 52, went to her Lord and Savior peacefully on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at her home at Sugar Grove in the North Carolina mountains, surrounded by family and friends.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, in 1958, she is the daughter of Col. Charles and Eileen Sunder of Southport.
Her early life included stops at West Point, New York; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Alexandria, Virginia; and Southport. She attended Southport Middle School and South Brunswick High. These years, living at the Garrison plus the many vacations to Long Beach, were very special to this young teenager. Whether crabbing or fishing, playing softball for the South Brunswick Cougars, water skiing on the Intracoastal Waterway at the Yellow Banks, and serving as a lifeguard on Long Beach, Judy enjoyed it all. She made many lifelong and cherished friends.
In 1974, the family moved to Kernersville; Judy attended school there, graduating in 1977 from East Forsyth Senior High School. From there she went to Appalachian State University, graduating in 1981 with a bachelor of science degree in Outdoor Recreation and later a master’s degree in Psychology. This turned into her career as a vocation rehabilitation counselor with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, counseling and helping handicapped youths get employment. During her college years, she met and married the love of her life, Marshall Shipp. Together they raised a family—a son, Carl, a senior at N.C. State University, and a daughter, Hannah, a senior at Ashe County High School.
Judy was an exemplary wife and mother, spending many years home-schooling her children and grounding them in sound Christian values. Devoted to her church, she spent hours helping with youths, accompanying her husband with prison ministry work and many other church-related activities.
She was a very active, athletic woman who took advantage of the opportunities afforded with life in the mountains of North Carolina. She was an accomplished skier, kayaker, canoer and gardener.
Surviving besides her husband, her children and her parents are three sisters, Charleen Porter (Dean) of Wilmington, Gail Sunder of Wilmington and Sue Sunder of San Ramon, California; an aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Jean Acklin of Jeannette, Pennsylvania; an uncle, Richard Sunder (Betty Jean) of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; a brother-in-law, Bob Shipp of Stuarts Draft, Virginia; a beloved niece, Christine Fealy (Senior CPO Jason, their sons Jackson and Sawyer) of Cape May, New Jersey; and numerous cousins.
Burial was held Monday at Sugar Grove. A memorial service will be held at Bibleway Church in Boone on Wednesday, August 3, officiated by pastor Michael Green.
A memorial mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Tuesday, August 9, at 2 p.m. officiated by the Rev. Trent Watts.
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