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MAJ Otto Sardis Shelley

10 Sep 1911 – 2 Apr 2001

Birth	10 Sep 1911
Death	2 Apr 2001
Cemetery	Fairfield Cemetery Fairfield , Freestone County , Texas , USA
Added by	Janet Birdsall on 22 Oct 2016
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5349262

Bio

Otto Sardis Shelley, 89, of Fairfield passed away Monday, April 2, 2001 in Houston. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Capps Memorial Chapel with Dr. Barry Landrum of Houston officiating. Interment will follow at Fairfield Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brad McCleary, Chris Husband, John Shelley, Aaron Shelley, Wesley Shelley and Bryan Gilpin Jr. Mr. Shelley was born Sept. 10, 1911 in Donie to John Thomas and Betsy Ezell Shelley. He was a retired rancher and major in the U.S. Army from 1937 to 1957. He was a member of the VFW in Fairfield and Round Prairie Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elva Beaver Shelley; great-grandson, Caleb Paul Husband; three brothers and two sisters. Mr. Shelley is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Bette and Bob McCleary of Carrollton; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Judy Shelley of Houston; grandchildren and their spouses, Brad and Amy McCleary of Richardson, John and Karen Shelley of Fort Payne, Ala., Summer and Chris Husband and Aaron Shelley, all of Houston; great-grandchild, John Thomas Shelley IV; and sister, Ella Gilpin of Fairfield.

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Parents

• John Thomas Shelley 1872–1952
• Betsy Ezell Shelley 1878–1941

Spouse

• Elva Retha Beaver Shelley 1911–1988

Siblings

• Ella Shelley Gilpin 1900–2001
• Wylie Jackson Shelley 1903–1999
• Edward Elijah Shelley 1905–1980
• Opal Shelley Ivy 1907–2000
• Betsy Oneta Shelley Gilpin 1914–1986
• Franklin Davidson Shelley 1918–1918

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