Obituary of Alfred Ellis Shields, Concordia Parish, LA Printed with Permission of The Concordia Sentinel Appeared in the July 5, 2000 issue. Submitted by: Bessie Ferrell (ferrel72@bellsouth.net) ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Alfred Ellis Shields Services for Alfred Ellis Shields, 52, of La Puente, Calif. and formerly of St. Joseph were held Saturday, July 1, 2000 at Choctaw Chapel Baptist Church in St. Joseph under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank Brown officiated. Burial followed at Barcelona Cemetery in Waterproof under the direction of Concordia. Shields died Saturday, June 24 at the Kaiser Hospital in Valdwin, Calif. He was born May 19, 1948 in St. Joseph to Ray and Annie B. Ellis Shields. He was a fork lift driver for Cocoa Coal in California and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray Shields. Survivor information omitted for privacy purposes.