Eliza Hume Burdette Shugart was born May 22, 1879 at Lenoir City, Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Madre Burdette of Lenoir City. (The town was named for her grandfather. General William Lenoir.) She was married to the Reverend Edward Augustus Shugart in the Methodist Church in Lenoir City October 2, 1901. To this union
were born nine children: Mrs. Beth Shugart McGahey, Radford, Virginia; Edward Augustus Shugart, Jr., deceased; Mrs. Eliza Shugart Henritze, Charleston, West Virginia; Jack Long Shugart, Bluefield, Virginia; Madre Burdette Shugart, deceased; Reverend James Albert
Shugart, Lebanon, Virginia; Mrs. Margaret Shugart Davidson, Radford, Virginia; Mrs. Nana Lou Shugart Gardner, Wytheville, Virginia; Edwin Avery Shugart, Buena Vista, Virginia.

Mrs. Shugart passed to her eternal home on October 29, 1959 at Lee Memorial Hospital, Marion, Virginia. Her funeral was conducted by the writer at the First Methodist Church, Marion, Virginia, on Saturday, October 31, 1959. Her body was tenderly laid to rest beside her husband in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, Virginia. Her husband preceded her in death August 10, 1955, at Marion, Virginia, where they had lived since retirement from the ministry in 1944.

Mrs. Shugart was educated by governesses, at Centenary College, Cleveland, Tenn., Ward Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn., and at Martha Washington College, Abingdon, Virginia. She joined the Methodist Church in her childhood and was active in church all her life. She met her husband when he came to hold a revival in her home church.
She served as Sunday School teacher, counselor to youth, president of the Missionary Society, and faithfully gave herself wholeheartedly to every task assigned to her. She was a loyal, efficient, devoted wife to her preacher-husband, seeking always to advance
the interest of the Kingdom. Her unannounced motto was, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." However, beyond her role as a church-woman and a pastor's wife,
she was a noble and devoted mother. She worked and played with her children. She prayed for and with her family, living before them a wonderful, unselfish Christian life. Hers was a truly great spirit. With all her unusual skill of heart, head and hands, she spent her life in happy, useful toil. As her pastor for more than two years, the writer was always blessed in calling in her home. She was as faithful as she had been all through her life to the great Methodist Church which she so dearly loved. Great and blessed must be her reward in heaven.

Glenn F. J. Lippse