Obituaries: Leon Shelton, 1951, Grant Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 22, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Nephew Of Mrs. J. S. Shelton Killed in Accident

Funeral services for Leon Shelton, 26, who was killed in an accident near Jena
Monday of last week, were held at the Georgetown Baptist Church November
13, with burial in the Rakestraw Cemetery.

The deceased was the nephew of Mrs. J. S. Shelton of Winnfield and was the
son of W. H. Shelton of Hardwood, La.  Other survivors include two brothers,
Henry Bruce Shelton of Pineville and Ralph Shelton of Hardwood; three half
brothers, William, Jake, and Leo of Hardwood; one half sister, Ruby Faye
Shelton of Hardwood.

Shelton was killed in a dynamite blasting accident just north of Little Creek,
according to a verdict rendered by Dr. F. A. Thomas, LaSalle Parish coroner. 
A flying piece of blown stump was reported to have inflicted the death
injuries.