Obit: John Shelton, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by John W. Harris, Brooklyn NY 11230
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(From the September 22, 1949, Winn Parish Enterprise)

John Shelton Laid To Rest In Sardis Cemetery

Funeral services for John Shelton, 75, of the Five Forks community, who died
Saturday, September 17, 1949, after an illness of two weeks in a Winnfield
hospital, were held Monday at 11 a.m., at the Sardis Baptist Church.  Rev. W.
C. Bounds, Rev. Ernest Evans and Rev. F. M. Shows officiated.  Burial was in
the Sardis cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

The deceased, a farmer, was born and had lived in and around Winnfield all his
life.  He was a member of the Sardis Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Evans Shelton; three sons, Julius, Aubrey
and Clarence, all of Antioch; three daughters, Mrs. Myrtis Hyde, Antioch; Mrs.
Edward Versher, Verda; Mrs. Robert Hallmark, Montgomery; one step-daughter,
Mrs. D. F. Smart, Winnfield; one brother, Joe Shelton, Winnfield; one half-
brother, Marshall Evans, Alexandria; one half-sister, Mrs. Lottie Bunch,
Winnfield, and 24 grandchildren.

(Submitted by John W. Harris, 1180 E. 8th St., Brooklyn NY 11230,
Jwharris60@aol.com)