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William Orville Shelton

5 Apr 1893 – 29 Feb 1976

Birth	5 Apr 1893
Death	29 Feb 1976
Cemetery	Rest Lawn Cemetery Hereford , Deaf Smith County , Texas , USA
Added by	Mary(Coggin)Russell on 02 Jul 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148544671

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Funeral services for William Orville Shelton, 82, of 123 Ave. K., were held Tuesday afternoon at Grace Gospel Church with the Rev. H.V. Fields of Marble Falls and the Rev. Doug Manning, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home. Mr. Shelton died Sunday after a brief illness at St. Anthony's Hospital at Amarillo. Born April 5, 1893 at Hannibal, Mo., he married Gladys Hughes in 1963 at Tucumcari, N.M. He came to Deaf Smith County in 1943 from Tucumcari. Mr. Shelton was a member of the Baptist Church and was retired from Shelton Tire Exchange. Survivors include his widow; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Inman of Hereford, Mrs. Dean Eldridge and Mrs. Leslie Blailey [sic], both of Clovis, N.M.; two stepsons, Forrest Hughes of San Jose, Calif. and Dwight Hughes of Ferndale, Wash. Also, a brother, Wallace Shelton of Hereford; four sisters, Mrs. Don Lebow of Tucumcari; Mrs. Inez Tarr of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Ada Salmon of Monroe City Mo. and Mrs. Dora Martin of Los Luna, N.M.; 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. (Published in the Hereford Brand, 75th Year, No. 19, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, March 4, 1976, Page 3A) ----- Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 Name: William O Shelton Gender: Male Age: 19 Birth Date: abt 1893 Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1912 Marriage Place: Atoka, Oklahoma, USA Father: Shelton Spouse: Bessie May Stacy Film Number: 001312412 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: William Orville Shelton Race: Caucasian (White) Marital status: Married Birth Date: 5 Apr 1893 Birth Place: Missouri, USA Residence Place: Atoka, Oklahoma, USA Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000 Name: William Shelton Death Date: 29 Feb 1976 Death County: Potter Gender: Male

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Family

Parents

• William Hamilton Shelton 1858–1925 FaG
• Laura Henrietta Baird Shelton 1866–1949 FaG

Spouse

• Bessie May Stacy Shelton 1894–1962

Siblings

• Frank Leon Shelton 1886–1906 FaG
• Ada E. Shelton Salmon 1891–1982 FaG
• Dora Belle Stacy Shelton Martin 1897–1991 FaG
• Wallace Baird Shelton 1900–1991 FaG

Children

• Thelma Lahoma Shelton Bailey 1915–2004
• Alma May Shelton Inman 1917–2010

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