Mrs. Leota B. Shell, 87, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Proctor Hannah, Leander, at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, after an illness of six months.
The daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Durham Snipes, she was born in Floyd County and had made her home at Leander for the past five years. She was a member of the United Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. (Jack) Shell. Survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Eunice Fairchild, Christiansburg, OH, Mrs. Emma Hughs, Bolivar, WV; three sons, John Shell, Prestonsburg, Thurman Shell, West Van Lear, Sam Shell, Springfield, OH; and a brother, Thomas Snipes, Bonanza.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Baptist Church in Bonanza with Alex Stevens as officiating minister. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Bonanza.
Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, April 4, 1962
Obituary courtesy of Robie Prater
1940
Name: Leota Shell
Age: 65
Marital Status: Widowed
Home in 1940: Floyd, Kentucky
Leota Shell 65
Thurmond Shell 22
Martha Shell 21
The daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Durham Snipes, she was born in Floyd County and had made her home at Leander for the past five years. She was a member of the United Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. (Jack) Shell. Survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Eunice Fairchild, Christiansburg, OH, Mrs. Emma Hughs, Bolivar, WV; three sons, John Shell, Prestonsburg, Thurman Shell, West Van Lear, Sam Shell, Springfield, OH; and a brother, Thomas Snipes, Bonanza.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Baptist Church in Bonanza with Alex Stevens as officiating minister. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Bonanza.
Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, April 4, 1962
Obituary courtesy of Robie Prater
1940
Name: Leota Shell
Age: 65
Marital Status: Widowed
Home in 1940: Floyd, Kentucky
Leota Shell 65
Thurmond Shell 22
Martha Shell 21
Mrs. Leota B. Shell, 87, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Proctor Hannah, Leander, at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, after an illness of six months.
The daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Durham Snipes, she was born in Floyd County and had made her home at Leander for the past five years. She was a member of the United Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. (Jack) Shell. Survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Eunice Fairchild, Christiansburg, OH, Mrs. Emma Hughs, Bolivar, WV; three sons, John Shell, Prestonsburg, Thurman Shell, West Van Lear, Sam Shell, Springfield, OH; and a brother, Thomas Snipes, Bonanza.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Baptist Church in Bonanza with Alex Stevens as officiating minister. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Bonanza.
Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, April 4, 1962
Obituary courtesy of Robie Prater
1940
Name: Leota Shell
Age: 65
Marital Status: Widowed
Home in 1940: Floyd, Kentucky
Leota Shell 65
Thurmond Shell 22
Martha Shell 21
The daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Durham Snipes, she was born in Floyd County and had made her home at Leander for the past five years. She was a member of the United Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. (Jack) Shell. Survivors include two other daughters, Mrs. Eunice Fairchild, Christiansburg, OH, Mrs. Emma Hughs, Bolivar, WV; three sons, John Shell, Prestonsburg, Thurman Shell, West Van Lear, Sam Shell, Springfield, OH; and a brother, Thomas Snipes, Bonanza.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Baptist Church in Bonanza with Alex Stevens as officiating minister. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Bonanza.
Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, April 4, 1962
Obituary courtesy of Robie Prater
1940
Name: Leota Shell
Age: 65
Marital Status: Widowed
Home in 1940: Floyd, Kentucky
Leota Shell 65
Thurmond Shell 22
Martha Shell 21
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