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Joseph Williams Shelley

15 Jan 1861 – 6 Oct 1946

Birth	15 Jan 1861
Death	6 Oct 1946
Cemetery	Fort Graham Cemetery Whitney , Hill County , Texas , USA
Added by	Cathy Creger Shelley on 18 Aug 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6691906

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Whitney Messenger 1946 LAST RITES HELD HERE MONDAY FOR JOSEPH W. SHELLEY Joseph Williams Shelley, a resident of Hill County and the Whitney Community for the past 53 years, passed away at the family home at 12:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 6, aged 85 years. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. V. E. Wolbor, assisted by Rev. F. E. Weller, interment was in Fort Graham cemetery under the direction of Marshall and Marshall funeral home. Active pallbearers were grandsons as follows: Gerald Shelley, Darrell Shelley, Billy Shelley, Douglas Shelley, William Stansberry, and Lawrence Stansberry. Flower girls were seven granddaughters. Mr. Shelley was a native of Georgiaand was born Jan. 15,1861. He came to Texas in 1893, locating in Fort Graham and had lived in the Whitney vicinity ever since. He married to Miss Sarah Jane Caughron 55 years ago. Mr Shelley united with the church at the age of 16 and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Whitney were he had served as a decon for many years. Survivors are his widow, one brother Z.W. Shelley of Lubbock, six sons; W.A., J.D. and R.H. Shelley all of Whitney, A.H. of Brawley, Calif., J. E. of Peacock and L.O. of Itasca; two daughters Mrs. J.D. Barnes and Mrs. J.L. Stansberry of Whitney; 32 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• Sgt Thomas Perry Shelley 1826–1903
• Mary Ann "Polly" Williams Shelley 1830–1926

Spouse

• Sarah Jane "Sally" Caughron Shelley 1871–1957

Siblings

• James Madison Shelley 1853–1941
• John Henry Shelley 1855–1938
• Henrietta Spar Shelley 1858–1911
• Alfred George Washington Shelly 1859–1935
• Ollie Elsavan "Vannie" Shelley Sooter 1863–1940
• Sarah Jane Shelley Wood 1864–1942
• Zebulon William Shelley 1867–1950
• Thomas Reeves Shelley 1869–1930
• Andrew Jackson Hansel Shelley 1870–1945
• Albert Barto Shelley 1873–1943
• Mary Lula Shelley Thompson 1875–1941

Children

• Nancy Viola Shelley 1888–1904
• William Arthur "Bud" Shelley 1890–1953
• James Perry "Ped" Shelley 1892–1980
• Andrew Hershel Shelley 1894–1982
• Mollie Lavada "Vada" Shelley Stansberry 1897–1977
• Lewis Otto Shelley 1899–1976
• Joseph Earl Shelley 1901–1987
• Rollan Hoadley Shelley 1903–1996
• Jessie Novella Shelley Barnes 1908–1995

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