Rudolph Hiner Shiflett, 86, of Warrenton, VA passed away peacefully at his home on December 5, 2020. Rudolph was born February 9, 1934 as the youngest son to Weldon and Elizabeth Shiflett of New Hope, Va.Â
Rudolph met the love of his life, Bettie Ann Dooms while he was enrolled at Woodrow Wilson Technical School in Fishersville, Va. She was a high school senior and he was driving her school bus. They married October 1956, two months before he was drafted into the United States Army. He was stationed in the Tidewater area at the Nike Guided Missile Division which guarded the United States Navel Bases. Upon discharge he was employed as a salesman for the local John Deere dealer in Staunton, Va.Â