Obituaries
Joan A. Shipman (1932 – 2025)
Joan A. Shipman, 92, of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and formerly of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at her home.
Joan A. Shipman
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 2 PM at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, with Sammy Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Shipman was born on December 30, 1932, in Brockton, Massachusetts. She was preceded in death by her mother, Marion K. Williams; husband, Wayne L. Shipman; two daughters, Darin A. Waugh and Jana E. Williams; and step-son, Daniel Wayne Shipman. She retired after a career as a school librarian for Avon High School in Avon, Massachusetts; as a secondary school teacher with Warren County Public Schools and Randolph Macon Academy; as a Magistrate for the Judicial 26th District, and as a tourism consultant for Front Royal/Warren County Visitor’s Center. She was a member of the Helltown Red Hatters and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33. She volunteered for Samuel’s Public Library, Warren Memorial Hospital and Front Royal/Warren County Visitor’s Center. She was a past member of the Board of Directors of the Warren County Council on Domestic Violence.
Survivors include three sons, Jeffrey T. Williams (Julianne), Gregory J. Williams (Diane) and Brett C. Williams (Nicole); two daughters, Nora C. Williams Yacobi (Sean) and Sara J. Williams Ahren (Justen); step daughter, Carol Lee Brooke (Frank); thirteen grandchildren, six great grandchildren, three step grandchildren, three step great grandchildren and former spouse, Thomas A. Williams (Rose).
The family will receive friends on Monday, December 29, 2025, from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home.
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