Oris Green Selby, age 88, died Sunday at a Van Alstyne, Texas nursing home.
He was born October 26, 1884, in Texas, the son of Simeon Marion and Elizabeth J. (McKinley) Selby.
He was a retired farmer
He was a member of the Gunter Baptist Church.
He and Mary M. Shields were married August 31, 1924, in Van Alstyne.
He was predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Stella (Brooks) Shelby; and an infant daughter.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Louis Weldon Selby of Fort Worth, Eugene Selby of Sherman and Oris Green Selby Jr. of Fort Worth; two daughters, Helen Tipton of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mary Lorraine Selby of Fort Worth; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Elzona Maxey of Atoka, Oklahoma, Cora Medcalf of Sherman and Nell Scoggins of Sherman.
Visitation with family will be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Flesher Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Flesher Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Reverand David Martin and Reverand Jim Gregory.
Burial will be at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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NOTE:
There is a Cenotaph memorial stone in Elliott Cemetery, next to the grave of his first wife, Stella, who died in 1923, two days after childbirth.
He was born October 26, 1884, in Texas, the son of Simeon Marion and Elizabeth J. (McKinley) Selby.
He was a retired farmer
He was a member of the Gunter Baptist Church.
He and Mary M. Shields were married August 31, 1924, in Van Alstyne.
He was predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Stella (Brooks) Shelby; and an infant daughter.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Louis Weldon Selby of Fort Worth, Eugene Selby of Sherman and Oris Green Selby Jr. of Fort Worth; two daughters, Helen Tipton of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mary Lorraine Selby of Fort Worth; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Elzona Maxey of Atoka, Oklahoma, Cora Medcalf of Sherman and Nell Scoggins of Sherman.
Visitation with family will be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Flesher Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Flesher Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Reverand David Martin and Reverand Jim Gregory.
Burial will be at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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NOTE:
There is a Cenotaph memorial stone in Elliott Cemetery, next to the grave of his first wife, Stella, who died in 1923, two days after childbirth.
Oris Green Selby, age 88, died Sunday at a Van Alstyne, Texas nursing home.
He was born October 26, 1884, in Texas, the son of Simeon Marion and Elizabeth J. (McKinley) Selby.
He was a retired farmer
He was a member of the Gunter Baptist Church.
He and Mary M. Shields were married August 31, 1924, in Van Alstyne.
He was predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Stella (Brooks) Shelby; and an infant daughter.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Louis Weldon Selby of Fort Worth, Eugene Selby of Sherman and Oris Green Selby Jr. of Fort Worth; two daughters, Helen Tipton of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mary Lorraine Selby of Fort Worth; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Elzona Maxey of Atoka, Oklahoma, Cora Medcalf of Sherman and Nell Scoggins of Sherman.
Visitation with family will be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Flesher Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Flesher Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Reverand David Martin and Reverand Jim Gregory.
Burial will be at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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NOTE:
There is a Cenotaph memorial stone in Elliott Cemetery, next to the grave of his first wife, Stella, who died in 1923, two days after childbirth.
He was born October 26, 1884, in Texas, the son of Simeon Marion and Elizabeth J. (McKinley) Selby.
He was a retired farmer
He was a member of the Gunter Baptist Church.
He and Mary M. Shields were married August 31, 1924, in Van Alstyne.
He was predeceased by his parents; his first wife, Stella (Brooks) Shelby; and an infant daughter.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Louis Weldon Selby of Fort Worth, Eugene Selby of Sherman and Oris Green Selby Jr. of Fort Worth; two daughters, Helen Tipton of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mary Lorraine Selby of Fort Worth; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Elzona Maxey of Atoka, Oklahoma, Cora Medcalf of Sherman and Nell Scoggins of Sherman.
Visitation with family will be from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, at Flesher Funeral Home.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday at Flesher Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Reverand David Martin and Reverand Jim Gregory.
Burial will be at Van Alstyne Cemetery.
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NOTE:
There is a Cenotaph memorial stone in Elliott Cemetery, next to the grave of his first wife, Stella, who died in 1923, two days after childbirth.
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