Cleta Shelton

Cleta Shelton

1938-2016

Services for Cleta Mae Shelton, 77, of Canton were held Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Eubank Funeral Chapel in Canton with Dr. Mark Moore, Bro. Mike Calhoun and Dr. Mike Hackney officiating.  Interment was in the Starr Cemetery. 

Mrs. Shelton died at home Tuesday, March 8, 2016.  She was born Nov. 12, 1938, in Canton to Leroy and Inez Bailey White. 

She was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church in Canton.  She attended the Wentworth School and transferred to Canton in the third grade.  She graduated from Canton High School in 1957. 

Mrs. Shelton retired from the Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages after 40 years of service.  She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother.  She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for church events. 

She is preceded in death by her parents and son, Bruce Darrell Shelton. 

She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Ronnie Darrell Shelton; son and his wife, Randy and Lori Shelton; two grandsons: Jordan Lee and Cameron Michael Shelton; two sisters, Faye Nell Walls and Novell and Gordon Allen; brother-in-law, Carl and Virginia Shelton; aunt, Irene Wells and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the In-Joy Sunday School Class of Lakeside Baptist.