Margie Shotwell, known as “Rene” of Crystal River Florida passed away on July 1, 2023 after a brief illness. She was born September 11, 1931 to Robert Morris Farmer and Ruth Lucille Tolbert in Piedmont, Alabama. After completing high school she went to The Holy Name of Jesus Hospital School of Nursing in Gadsden, Alabama. She graduated in 1953 and married Herbert Michael Shotwell. During their almost 70 years of married life, they lived in several different areas of the country. Miami Florida, Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, Sumner Washington and finally back to Crystal River, Florida. She had a wonderful nursing career with her specialty being obstetrics and gynecology.
She was predeceased by her parents Morris and Ruth Farmer, brothers Thomas Jackson Farmer and Ronald Lee Farmer and grandson Ian Matthew Lunsford. She is survived by her husband Herbert Michael Shotwell, brother Billy Morris Farmer, daughter Dawn S Lunsford (Michael), son John Michael Shotwell (Christine), granddaughters, Lara L Falkner (Beau) and Kathryn S Jackson (Keith), 2 grandsons Bradley J Lunsford (Tabatha) and Garrett M Shotwell (Melissa) and 11 great grandchildren.
A private memorial service was held by the family on July 4, 2023. The family requests any memorials be made to the Path Rescue Mission in Crystal River, Florida, the Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham, Alabama or to a charity of your choice.