Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Shackelford, Duke September 24, 2007

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Bastrop Daily Enterprise - September 26, 2007


Funeral services for Mr. Duke Shackelford, 81, of Jones will be held at 2 p.m. 

on Thursday, September 27 at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Mer Rouge. 

Interment will follow in Christ Church Cemetery, Bastrop. Visitation will be 

held from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 26 at Saint Andrew's Episcopal 

Church.



Duke Shackelford, 81, of Hollyhurst Plantation, Jones, died peacefully in his 

sleep at home on Monday, September 24, 2007.



Mr. Shackelford was born at the state line north of Jones in 1926, the 

youngest of five sons of James Barnes Shackelford and Gladys Parks 

Shackelford. He was a cotton planter and ginner from the time he returned from 

World War II until his retirement several years ago (but he kept his eye on 

his farm, as anyone who had the pleasure of riding the fields with him will 

remember).



Mr. Shackelford was a graduate of Louisiana State University, where he was a 

member and president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In his professional 

life, he was active in a wide variety of agricultural organizations, including 

the National Cotton Council. For many years, he served as a director of 

Cotton, Inc., Entergy, and the Hibernia National Bank. He was known for his 

pointed intelligence and his strong ironic whit, which many of his friends and 

family will recall with both smiles and blushes. Above all, he was known for 

his generosity of spirit and his great hospitality.



His beloved wife of 45 years, Sue Madison Shackelford, died in 1996.



He is survived by his son, George Shackelford of Boston, Mass.; his son and 

daughter-in-law, John and Lucy Shackelford of Mer Rouge, and their daughters 

Lucy Parks, Susan, and Elizabeth Shackelford; and his son and daughter-in-law, 

Parks and Julie Anna Shackelford of Arlington, Va., with their daughters Ella 

and Olivia and their son, Duke.



Pallbearers will be Jackson Curry, Larry Jones, William Priestly, Craig 

Shackelford, Sam Shackelford, Haynes Whitney and Thomas Whitney. Honorary 

pallbearers are Kent Anderson, Roy Cole, Joe Davenport, Bill Davenport, L.C. 

Ervin, O.L. Harper, and Tex Kilpatrick.



Those who wish may make memorials to Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Mer 

Rouge, or to the educational charity of their choice.

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