NAME: DORIS FAYE (BENCH) SHELTON, AGE 56, A LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1943 AT BENTLEY TO OTIS ALFRED AND MYRTLE URSLEY (PAYTON) BENCH. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR BENTLEY, OK. AGE: 56 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED BENTLEY AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. SHE GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM. SHE LATER ATTENDED GORDON COOPER VO-TECH IN SHAWNEE AND COMPLETED HER NURING DEGREE. MARRIED: CLETIS RAY SHELTON MAY 25, 1959 AT DURANT, OK.. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SOCIAL WORKER. SHE LATER WORKED AT THE CHOCTAW LIVING CENTER IN CHOCTAW, OK AS A NURSE. SHE RETIRED IN 1992 DUE TO FAILING HEALTH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY MACEDONIA MISSONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: CLETIS SHELTON OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK. CHILDREN: MALCOM SHELTON AND WIFE BONNIE OF BENTLEY, OK. ROBIN MORGAN AND HUSBAND JOE OF HARRAH, OK. BUNNY TRIPLET OF HARRAH, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. AUNT: MAE REDDEN OF ATOKA, OK. NAOMI MILLER OF CRYSTAL, OK. BIB PAYTON OF HOUSTON, TX. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: EARL POE OF NORMAN, OK. C. E. WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OTIS AND MYRTLE BENCH. SISTERS: MELBA WILLIAMS, NORA MAE POE, VIVIAN COYLE, REBA GARLAND, OPAL WEISENHUNT AND BILLIE ANN. BROTHERS: BILL HAYNES, JAMES NOAH, AND OTIE LEON.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JIMMIE JONES. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN HENDERSON, SANDY DANDERSON, DONALD COYLE, FOYE CALLICOAT, BUD BANKS, EUGENE BANKS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY MAYO, JOHN WEBSTER.