Howard Shelton Sr
Posted: April 20, 2014
JACKSON — Howard Lee Shelton Sr., 56, died April 15, 2014, at University Hospital in Jackson. Services are Monday at 11 a.m. at Greenfield Baptist Church in Brooksville with Leroy Shelton officiating. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Shelton was born Nov. 29, 1957, in Noxubee County, to Cherry and the late F.L. Shelton. He was formerly employed as a pastor and convenience store manager. He was a 1976 Graduate of Niddell High School. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Virea J. Shelton of Jackson; Children, Latotsha L. Ellis of Jackson and Howard L. Shelton Jr. of Las Vegas; sisters, Pearl Peterson, Mel Ward and Hilda Ruth Robinson, all of Jackson, Elezena Ivy, Mary Ella Davis and Cherry L. Jones, all of Brooksville, Lubertha Orr of Macon and Danella Perkins of Ridgeland; brothers, Richard Lee Shelton of Gluckstadt, Leroy Shelton and John Walton Shelton, both of Brooksville; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.