Obit of Richard Griffin Shell Sr(s400) - Comanche County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Vicki Goff  <vickilgoff1@juno.com>  28 Jun 2001
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Surnames: Shell, Miller, Pearson, Hagen, Plexico 

LAURENS, SC---Services for Richard Griffin Shell Sr, 79, will be 
held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 8, 2000 in the First United Methodist 
Church of Laurens. Visitation will be 6:30-8 this evening at Gray 
Funeral Home of Laurens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made 
to Alzheimer's Research, 114 East Earl Street, Anderson, SC 29621-
5602, or the First United Methodist Church, 244 West Main Street, 
Laurens, SC 29360.

Mr. Shell, of 117 Maplebrook and husband of Lillian Pearson Shell, 
died Saturday, May 6, 2000 at National Healthcare in Laurens. Born 
in Laurens, he was the son of the late John C. Shell Sr. & Margaret 
Miller Shell. He served in the Navy during World War II in the 
Pacific, especially through the Okinawa Campaign. After the war, he 
recruited for the Navy out of Savannah and Charleston, and was in 
the reserves for 20 years. Mr. Shell was the owner/operator of 
Triangle Gas Service for 32 years. During those years, he was a 
member of S. C. Propane Gas Association, having held the office of 
Secretary and President of the association. He was also in the 
Southeastern Propane Gas Association, serving on different 
committees. He was an elected Commissioner of Public Works for 24 
years.

Mr. Shell was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist 
Church, serving as a Steward and head usher for years, as well as 
Trustee and a term as Board Chairman. He was very active in the life 
of the Church and belonged to the Wesley Class and Men of the 
Church. He was instrumental in the establishment of Laurens County 
Safe Home, when the organizers needed a home & support for abused 
women. He was a Past President of Laurens Exchange Club and a life 
member of the Palmetto Masonic Lodge #19.

Surviving are his wife, Lillian Pearson Shell of the home; 
daughters, Diane Hagen & her husband, Bruce of Abbeville, SC, 
Margaret Plexico & her husband, Harry of Columbia, SC; son, Richard 
G. Shell Jr. & wife, Mary of Laurens, SC, Maj. George Allen Shell & 
his wife, Lilliana of Fort Sill, OK; grandchildren, Ryan & Marie 
Plexico, Allison & Lauren Hagen, Griffin & Sutton Shell, and 
Victoria, Carolina, & Phillip Shell; brother, John C. Shell Jr. & 
his wife, Louanne of Ninety Six, SC; numerous nieces & nephews.

[The State, Columbia, SC, Sunday, May 7, 2000]. 
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