Dorothy May Shackelford's Obituary
Dorothy May ?Dot? Shackelford
Graveside services for Dorothy May ?Dot? Shackelford, 96, of Longview, will be held at 2 PM Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Burial will be under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. She died Saturday, March 15, in a Longview nursing facility.
Mrs. Shackelford was born March 27, 1906 to Jack A. and Augusta Fernandez, and had been a resident of Longview since 1941. A former resident of Marshall, she was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and had worked in the insurance business for 40 years. At the age of 75, she retired from Gans and Smith Insurance Agency Inc. after 25 years of dedicated service. Mrs. Shackelford was a longtime member of the Woodland Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Oran Shackelford; her parents; and 2 brothers. Survivors include her children, Dr. James Burk Shackelford and wife Mavis of Oklahoma City, Nancy J. Morgan of Longview, and Dan Thomas Shackelford and wife Toni of Ft. Worth; 6 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 1 sister; and several nieces and nephews.
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