Obituary of Jack Shelton of Richland Parish Louisiana
as printed in the Monroe News Star, 08/10/2005
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/10/2005



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Jack Shelton


Funeral services for Jack Shelton, 74, of Delhi will be held at 
10:30AM Thursday, August 11, 2005 at the First Baptist Church 
in Delhi. 

Dr. R. Wayne Briant, Dr. Marcus Murphy and Rev. Jimmy Goodman 
will officiate. 

Committal services will be held at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum 
in Monroe under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi. 

Visitation will be held from 7:00-9:00PM Wednesday at Cox Funeral 
Home in Delhi. 

Mr. Shelton was born on August 25, 1930 in Hobart, Oklahoma and went 
peacefully to meet his Jesus Monday night at his residence in Delhi 
surrounded by family and close loved ones. 

He was a native of Hobart, Oklahoma and a resident of Delhi since 1977 
where he owned and operated the Delhi Livestock Auction with his family 
until his retirement. 

He is preceded in death by his father, Charles Haskell Shelton and a 
brother, Pat Shelton. 

He is survived by his loving wife, Delena Weaver Shelton of Delhi; 
two sons, Mack Shelton and wife Debby of Delhi and Ken Shelton and 
wife Sharon of Brandon, MS; his mother, Ona Beatrice McClure Shelton of 
Hobart, OK; two sisters, Sandra Bardsher of Lawton, OK and Karen Denton 
of Hobart, OK; six grandchildren, Zack and Caroline Shelton, Jason and 
Erin Shelton, Massey and Jennifer Shelton & Sonny and Brooke Shelton, 
Stacy and Will Johnson & Angela and Justin Estel and by nine great 
grandchildren, Brennan, Macie, Blaire, Addison, Braxton and Jackson Shelton, 
Ainslee, and Olivia Johnson and Landon Estel. 

Pallbearers will be Will Johnson, Justin Estel, Zack Shelton, Jason Shelton,
Massey Shelton, Sonny Shelton and Gary Hinton. 

Honorary pallbearers will be Darrell Beach, D. D. Smith, Mickey Kelly, James 
King, Charles Taylor, Henry Rice, Clayton Pilgreen, Bucky Adams, Thomas Glover 
and Paul Wells. 

Any planned memorials may be made to the Faith Medical Mission; 802 S. 12 Street, 
Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018.