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Submitted: 3/9/23 • Approved: 3/10/23 • Last Updated: 3/13/23 • R1474904-G0-S3
February 27, 1938 - September 10, 2022
Benny Earl Shelton, 84, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 in El Dorado at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. He was the son of George Albert and Nora Morgan Shelton.
Benny was owner and operator of H & N Oil Well Cementing Company for many years. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarenes. He loved his God, his family, the oil field and music. He was a musician and had his own band.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, of 65 years, Sharon Shelton; sons, Marty, Kenny (Chandra), and Bobby Shelton, all of El Dorado; grandson, David Shelton, of El Dorado; granddaughter, Karli Murph (Schuyler) of Village, Arkansas and sister Doris Rist of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Visitation will be from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M., Thursday, September 15, 2022 at Young’s Funeral Directors.
A Graveside service will be 2:00 P.M., Friday, September 16 at Rest Haven Memorial Garden with Rev. Jerry Welch officiating under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors.
Contributed on 3/9/23 by debbraszymanski
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