Funeral services for Velmar Lee Shelton, 68, of Winnfield were held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sardis Baptist Church with the Rev. Alton Thompson and the Rev. Jack Jones officiating.
Burial was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.
Mr. Shelton died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, in a local hospital here after a short illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Shelton was a retired salt mine foreman and a member of Sardis Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie Mae Shelton of Winnfield; three sons, Jimmy Shelton of Shreveport, Raymond Shelton of Franklin, and Glynn Shelton of Winnfield; four brothers, J. M. Shelton, John T. Shelton, and Joseph Shelton, all of Winnfield, and Jesse Shelton of Calvin; two sisters, Mrs. Ruthie Hughes and Mrs. Minnie Philan, both of Shreveport; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ivy Keyes, Frank Barton, Edgar Collins, Jack Shelton, Joe Shelton, and Leo Shelton.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 18, 1973
Burial was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.
Mr. Shelton died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, in a local hospital here after a short illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Shelton was a retired salt mine foreman and a member of Sardis Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie Mae Shelton of Winnfield; three sons, Jimmy Shelton of Shreveport, Raymond Shelton of Franklin, and Glynn Shelton of Winnfield; four brothers, J. M. Shelton, John T. Shelton, and Joseph Shelton, all of Winnfield, and Jesse Shelton of Calvin; two sisters, Mrs. Ruthie Hughes and Mrs. Minnie Philan, both of Shreveport; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ivy Keyes, Frank Barton, Edgar Collins, Jack Shelton, Joe Shelton, and Leo Shelton.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 18, 1973
Funeral services for Velmar Lee Shelton, 68, of Winnfield were held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sardis Baptist Church with the Rev. Alton Thompson and the Rev. Jack Jones officiating.
Burial was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.
Mr. Shelton died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, in a local hospital here after a short illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Shelton was a retired salt mine foreman and a member of Sardis Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie Mae Shelton of Winnfield; three sons, Jimmy Shelton of Shreveport, Raymond Shelton of Franklin, and Glynn Shelton of Winnfield; four brothers, J. M. Shelton, John T. Shelton, and Joseph Shelton, all of Winnfield, and Jesse Shelton of Calvin; two sisters, Mrs. Ruthie Hughes and Mrs. Minnie Philan, both of Shreveport; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ivy Keyes, Frank Barton, Edgar Collins, Jack Shelton, Joe Shelton, and Leo Shelton.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 18, 1973
Burial was in the Sardis Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.
Mr. Shelton died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, in a local hospital here after a short illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Shelton was a retired salt mine foreman and a member of Sardis Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie Mae Shelton of Winnfield; three sons, Jimmy Shelton of Shreveport, Raymond Shelton of Franklin, and Glynn Shelton of Winnfield; four brothers, J. M. Shelton, John T. Shelton, and Joseph Shelton, all of Winnfield, and Jesse Shelton of Calvin; two sisters, Mrs. Ruthie Hughes and Mrs. Minnie Philan, both of Shreveport; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Ivy Keyes, Frank Barton, Edgar Collins, Jack Shelton, Joe Shelton, and Leo Shelton.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 18, 1973
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