Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SHACKELFORD, TAMASON LEODA February 4, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com February 9, 2013, 2:03 am News Star World - February 06, 2013 TAMASON LEODA SHACKELFORD Funeral Services for Mrs. Tamson Leoda Shackelford, 104, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA with Rev. Gordon "Skip" Dean and Gary Jacobsen officiating. Interment will follow in the Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe, LA. Mrs. Shackelford was born on January 24, 1909 in Jefferson County, MS and died on February 4, 2013 in West Monroe, LA. She was a member of Highland Baptist Church and was very active in WMU. She loved sewing, and cooking. Mrs. Shackelford worked for Bancroft Bag before marriage. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gilbert; her husband, L.J. Shackelford; two sisters, Annie Shackelford and Katie Leona Gilbert; and by two brothers, J.C. Gilbert and Thomas Jefferson Gilbert. Survivors include her son, James Shackelford and wife, Ernie; 3 step grandchildren; 6 step great grandchildren; 2 step great great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Pallbearers will be Billy Miley, Billy Battaglia, W. E. Martin, Keith Hammonds, Don Meador and Billy Martin. Visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to the Gideon's International. Mrs. Shackelford's family would like to give a special thank you to Connie Culpepper, Betty Kennedy and the staff at Stoneybrook Alzheimer's Care Assisted Living and the staff of Louisiana Hospice Care for the exceptional care they have given during her illness. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/s/shackelf1842nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb