Mrs L O Shockey Obit

Contributed by: Merry G Smith


Mrs. L. O. Shockey
Died Here Tues.
Service Thursday
March 15, 1960
 
Mrs. L. O. Shockey died at 7:39 PM Tuesday at her Gilmer residence. At 
her death after a lengthy illness, she was 83 years, 8 months and 25 
days old.
 
Mrs. Shockey was a native of Cooke County and had resided in Upshur 
County for 60 years. Her husband, whom she married near Greenville, 
died in 1931. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
 
Funeral service will be held at the Church of Christ in Gilmer at 2:30 
p.m. Thursday with Harvey Arnold and Carl Tyson as officiating ministers. 
Pallbearers will be Edward Simpson, Herbert Taft, Allen Bland, Clinton 
Clark, Carl Loyd and R. C. Vivian. Burial will be at Mattox Cemetery with 
Loyd Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Surviving are a son, Jim 
Shockey and three daughters; Mrs. Ruby Gregory, Mrs. Dessie Willeford and 
Miss Evelyn Shockey, all of this county; two sisters, Mrs. Kate Alexander 
of Little Rock and Mrs. Laura Purdy of Rodesa, La. 11 grandchildren and 
28 great-grandchildren.