Sarah Shackleford
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Longtime Resident Dies, Services Held

Mrs. Sarah Inez Shackleford, 71, longtime resident of this county, died in the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. A. McClain of Spur on Feb. 3, 1951.

Mrs. Shackleford had been ill for several months. She was born Feb. 23, 1879, in Louisiana, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sistrunk. She was married to A. J. Shackleford on Dec. 19, 1900, and the family moved to the Red Mud community in 1926.

Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 4, in the Bethel Baptist church, Spur, with Rev. Dock Love officiating.

Pall bearers were Orie Smith, Slim Metteer, Clyde Smith, Allen Daton, Jesse Love and Ebb Feaster.

Survivors include three sons, Jesse and Jake of Guthrie; Sam of Spur; four daughters, Mrs. F. R. Smith and Mrs. Bert Deaton, Guthrie; Mrs. Grover McAnally and Mrs. C. A. McClain of Spur, two brothers, Rice and Warren Sistrunk of Guthrie, and two sisters, Mrs. Will Porter and Mrs. Maggie Davis of Carthage. Fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.

Chandler Funeral Home directed arrangements, with burial in the Red Mud cemetery.

©The Texas Spur, Feb. 1951

Burial Location: Red Mud Cemetery   Row T   Grave 19

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