Obituaries: Jesse W. Shelton, 1974, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 16, 1974 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Jesse W. Shelton, Former Calvin Mayor, Dies

Jesse W. Shelton, 71, of Calvin, died Saturday, January 12, 1974, in a local
hospital after a long illness.

A member of the Calvin Baptist Church, he was a barber and had served as mayor
of Calvin for two terms as the first mayor, justice of the peace for 24 years
in Ward 8 of Winn Parish.  Mr. Shelton was also a member of Calvin Lodge.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Southern Funeral Home
chapel with the Rev. Charles Haley, the Rev. E. B. Barton, and the Rev. John
Roberts officiating.  Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Pearl M. Shelton of Calvin; two sons, Jack
Shelton of Winnfield and Joe Edd Shelton of Tannehill; one daughter, Mrs.
Kerry S. Boone of Shreveport; three brothers, Monroe Shelton, John T. Shelton,
and Joseph Shelton, all of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Philan and
Mrs. Ruth Hughes, both of Shreveport; five grandchildren and one great
grandchild.

Pallbearers included Bob Carpenter, Cliff Wilkinson, Joe Shelton, Jimmy
Shelton, Lonnie Philan, Howard Hughes, Glen Shelton, and Bob Hughes.

Attend Funeral Of Jesse Shelton

Among relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral of Jesse
W. Shelton Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Maxey and Calla Faye, Columbus,
South Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Maxey, Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mayo
and J. R. Mayo, West Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jackson, Monroe; Mrs. Mamie
Carter and Clinton Blake, Jonesboro; Mr. and Mrs. Truett Holcomb of 
Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aswell Shelton, Yoca City, Mississippi.

Also, Mr. and Mrs. Glynn R. Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Shelton, Mrs. Dana
Barnes, Miss Inez Boone, Mrs. Zelma Houston of Shreveport.

Mrs. V. L. Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Jackson, Mrs.
Christelle Day, Mrs. Margie Carlisle, Mrs. H. T. Ziller, Mrs. Bertha Foster,
Mrs. Lucille LePoent, of _________.