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Obituary:

Funeral services for B. L. Shelton, 69, Dibble, will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Free Will Baptist Church.

Shelton died Tuesday evening in McCurday Hospital, Purcell.

He was born July 26, 1893, in Marlow and moved to Dibble in 1920. A World War I veteran, he was a farmer-stockman most of his life until his retirement 15 years ago.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Shelton, of the home address; three sons, E. L. Shelton, Chickasha; Junior Shelton, Norman, and Bobby Shelton of the home; two grandchildren; five brothers, Rube Shelton and Bunn Shelton of Edmond, and Odde Shelton, Claude Shelton and Leonard Shelton all of Lebanon; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Hall, Oklahoma City and Mrs. Beacher Shrader, Healdton.

Interment will be in the Dibble cemetery under direction of Sevier's Funeral Home.

(Published in The Chickasha Daily Express on May 8, 1963)

Bert married Willie Pearl Crow 9 Nov 1921, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA. Willie (daughter of James Mackelroy Crow and Emma Eudora Crow) was born 4 Aug 1906, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 3 Jan 1994, Dibble, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried , Dibble Cemetery - Dibble, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Elzie Leon Shelton was born 1 Jun 1923, Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA; died 15 Dec 2017, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried 21 Dec 2017, Dibble Cemetery - Dibble, Oklahoma, USA.
2. Bert Leonard Shelton, Jr. was born 25 Dec 1928, Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA; died 23 Mar 1989, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried , IOOF Cemetery - Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
3. Bobby Max Shelton was born 21 Oct 1945, Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA; died 11 Jun 2002, Dibble, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried 14 Jun 2002, Dibble Cemetery - Dibble, Oklahoma, USA.