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Submitted: 2/27/24 • Approved: 2/27/24 • Last Updated: 3/1/24 • R1521600-G1521599-S3
May 12, 1931 - January 18, 2017
Floye Ann Shackelford, 85, of Texarkana, Texas, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in a Texarkana, Texas hospital. Mrs. Shackelford was born May 12, 1931 in Sterlington, Louisiana. She was a homemaker, a member of the Straight Cutter’s Sunday School class of First Baptist Church, Texarkana and the Red Hat Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, James P. Shackelford; one daughter, Paula Shackelford Akers; and one sister, Sarah Hall. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, James M. and Mauvelyn Shackelford of Garland, Texas; one son-in-law, Otto Akers of Houston, Texas; one brother, W.M. “Mack” Thompson, Jr. of Bryant, Arkansas; two grandchildren, Stephanie Dawsey and Adrianna Osburn; four great-grandchildren, Gabriel Degner, Allora Dawsey, Kaleb Sanders and Tristan Osburn; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2017 at First Baptist Church Atrium with Rev. Larry Sims officiating. Burial will be in De Ann Cemetery, Prescott, Arkansas under the direction of Texarkana Funeral Home, Texas.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, January 22nd, from 4:00 p.m.to 5:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 297153, Houston, Texas 77297 or First Baptist Church, Texarkana, 3015 Moores Lane, Texarkana, Texas 75503.
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