Clarksville, TN – Mrs. Pauletta Elaine Caudill Shafer, age 81, passed away peacefully at TriStar Centennial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 4th, 2026. She was born on June 26th, 1945, to the late Emery and Louie Caudill in the community of Crafts Colley, Ermine, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Shafer; daughters, Jenny Brown and Amanda Reeves; stepdaughter, Mindy Bonderant; brothers, Don Caudill and Merrill Caudill; and sister, Maxine Miller. She worked for many years as a beautician and retired from a beauty shop on Riverside Drive in Clarksville, Tennessee. She lived in Clarksville and Palmyra for several years before making her home in Cunningham, where she lived for approximately 40 years.