L. Gerald Shinn
FEBRUARY 13, 1939 ~ JANUARY 11, 2019 (AGE 79)
OBITUARY
SERVICE DETAILS
Funeral services for L. Gerald Shinn, 79, of Wills Point, TX, are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial will follow at White Rose Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.
Lindy Gerald Shinn was born February 13, 1939, at his home in Myrtle Springs, TX, to Clarence Elmer Shinn, Sr. and Ethel Blanche Waites. He was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1957. Gerald then went to Drawns Business College for one year before being drafted into the United States Army. He served two years in the Army Reserves. Gerald married Gayle Harrelson on January 29, 1965, in Pickton, TX, Hopkins Co., at the Winterfield Church. He and Gayle moved to Dallas and then Mesquite in 1967 to raise their sons. Gerald was employed with DeGolyer and MacNaughton Consulting Firm, as an engineering geological technician, in the Oil & Gas Industry for forty-seven years. He and Gayle had a home at Lake Tawakoni since 1976 where he loved to fish. Gerald loved his family and coaching his children in many sports, always made the dressing for holiday gatherings and was affectionately known as “Paw Paw”.
He is preceded in death by parents, Clarence and Ethel Shinn; brothers, Clarence E. Shinn, Jr. and Kenneth Ray Shinn.
MEMORIAL
HIETT'S LYBRAND
WILLS POINT TX
FEBRUARY 13, 1939 ~ JANUARY 11, 2019 (AGE 79)
OBITUARY
SERVICE DETAILS
Funeral services for L. Gerald Shinn, 79, of Wills Point, TX, are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial will follow at White Rose Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.
Lindy Gerald Shinn was born February 13, 1939, at his home in Myrtle Springs, TX, to Clarence Elmer Shinn, Sr. and Ethel Blanche Waites. He was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1957. Gerald then went to Drawns Business College for one year before being drafted into the United States Army. He served two years in the Army Reserves. Gerald married Gayle Harrelson on January 29, 1965, in Pickton, TX, Hopkins Co., at the Winterfield Church. He and Gayle moved to Dallas and then Mesquite in 1967 to raise their sons. Gerald was employed with DeGolyer and MacNaughton Consulting Firm, as an engineering geological technician, in the Oil & Gas Industry for forty-seven years. He and Gayle had a home at Lake Tawakoni since 1976 where he loved to fish. Gerald loved his family and coaching his children in many sports, always made the dressing for holiday gatherings and was affectionately known as “Paw Paw”.
He is preceded in death by parents, Clarence and Ethel Shinn; brothers, Clarence E. Shinn, Jr. and Kenneth Ray Shinn.
MEMORIAL
HIETT'S LYBRAND
WILLS POINT TX
L. Gerald Shinn
FEBRUARY 13, 1939 ~ JANUARY 11, 2019 (AGE 79)
OBITUARY
SERVICE DETAILS
Funeral services for L. Gerald Shinn, 79, of Wills Point, TX, are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial will follow at White Rose Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.
Lindy Gerald Shinn was born February 13, 1939, at his home in Myrtle Springs, TX, to Clarence Elmer Shinn, Sr. and Ethel Blanche Waites. He was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1957. Gerald then went to Drawns Business College for one year before being drafted into the United States Army. He served two years in the Army Reserves. Gerald married Gayle Harrelson on January 29, 1965, in Pickton, TX, Hopkins Co., at the Winterfield Church. He and Gayle moved to Dallas and then Mesquite in 1967 to raise their sons. Gerald was employed with DeGolyer and MacNaughton Consulting Firm, as an engineering geological technician, in the Oil & Gas Industry for forty-seven years. He and Gayle had a home at Lake Tawakoni since 1976 where he loved to fish. Gerald loved his family and coaching his children in many sports, always made the dressing for holiday gatherings and was affectionately known as “Paw Paw”.
He is preceded in death by parents, Clarence and Ethel Shinn; brothers, Clarence E. Shinn, Jr. and Kenneth Ray Shinn.
MEMORIAL
HIETT'S LYBRAND
WILLS POINT TX
FEBRUARY 13, 1939 ~ JANUARY 11, 2019 (AGE 79)
OBITUARY
SERVICE DETAILS
Funeral services for L. Gerald Shinn, 79, of Wills Point, TX, are scheduled for 11:00 AM, Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Burial will follow at White Rose Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time.
Lindy Gerald Shinn was born February 13, 1939, at his home in Myrtle Springs, TX, to Clarence Elmer Shinn, Sr. and Ethel Blanche Waites. He was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1957. Gerald then went to Drawns Business College for one year before being drafted into the United States Army. He served two years in the Army Reserves. Gerald married Gayle Harrelson on January 29, 1965, in Pickton, TX, Hopkins Co., at the Winterfield Church. He and Gayle moved to Dallas and then Mesquite in 1967 to raise their sons. Gerald was employed with DeGolyer and MacNaughton Consulting Firm, as an engineering geological technician, in the Oil & Gas Industry for forty-seven years. He and Gayle had a home at Lake Tawakoni since 1976 where he loved to fish. Gerald loved his family and coaching his children in many sports, always made the dressing for holiday gatherings and was affectionately known as “Paw Paw”.
He is preceded in death by parents, Clarence and Ethel Shinn; brothers, Clarence E. Shinn, Jr. and Kenneth Ray Shinn.
MEMORIAL
HIETT'S LYBRAND
WILLS POINT TX
