Shelby Jean Caudill, 78, of Madisonville, Ky passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 5, 2015,

She was born on October 30, 1936 in Carcassonne, KY to Ruby Haynes Caudill and the late Clifton Caudill. Shelby graduated from Stuart Robinson High School in 1956, then attended Eastern Kentucky University for two years. In 1957 she married her high school sweetheart, Lee Caudill and moved to Germany with him stationed in Munich with the United States Army. There they had a son, Robert Lee in 1961 and moved back to Kentucky in 1964.

Shelby worked for nine years in two official positions at Outwood State Hospital, while taking night and summer classes at Murray State University. She graduated from there with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1970, Master of Arts in Education in 1973 and achieved Rank 1 in 1977. She served for twenty years as a guidance Counselor for all grades K-12 at Dawson Springs Independent School System, and retired in 1994. Shelby was named Guidance Counselor of the Year by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators in 1987-1988. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Princeton, KY.

Survivors include her husband of fifty-seven years, Lee Caudill; mother, Ruby Caudill of Carcassonne; son, Robert Lee Caudill of Madisonville; grandson, Benjamin Lee Caudill of Madisonville; three brothers; one sister; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at noon on Monday, August 10, 2015 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Bro. Darrell Eldridge officiating. Burial at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville on Monday at 2 p.m.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday and from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour Monday at Harris Funeral Home.