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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Emma Lois
(Shelby) Tindell
December 10, 1932 – August 4, 2006
NAME: EMMA LOIS (SHELBY) TINDELL, AGE 73, A LIFETIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.
BORN: DECEMBER 10, 1932 AT FORT SMITH, AR TO JAKE H. and MAMIE GERTRUDE (SESSION) SHELBY.
PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2006 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, Tx.
AGE: 73 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS
EDUCATION: EMMA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARKANSAS, MICHIGAN, and CALIFORNIA.
MARRIED: ALFRED DEWITT TINDELL IN 1949 AT BALDWIN PARK, CA.
OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED FOR THE CENSUS BUREAU and LATER WORKED IN AN ELDER CARE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK. SHE ALSO WORKED AS A HOME PROVIDER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: EMMA WAS A MEMBER OF THE DARWIN BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE LOVED GARDENING, READING, and RUMMAGE SALES. HER PASSION WAS TAKING CARE OF HER KIDS and GRANDKIDS.
survived by
CHILDREN: JESS TINDELL AND WIFE FAYE OF DARWIN, OK.
DON TINDELL OF DARWIN, OK.
DINAH VIPPERMAN AND HUSBAND DEAN OF MOYERS, OK.
eLVIS TINDELL OF FARRIS, OK.
SHARON MESSER AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF SOPER, OK.
KAREN McCOLLOUGH AND FIANCE LARRY MANSELL OF ATOKA, OK.
JOY DAVIS OF ANTLERS, OK.
SON-IN-LAW: EUGENE CANNON OF FARRIS, OK.
BROTHERS: JIM SHELBY OF LOS ANGELES, CA.
JESSIE SHELBY AND WIFE SHARON OF LOS ANGELES, CA.
SISTER: DEBBIE PERRY AND HUSBAND TOM OF APPLE VALLEY, CA.
9 NINE GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
preceded in death by
PARENTS: JAKE AND MAMIE SHELBY.
CHILDREN: NANCY CANNON, JUDY COFFELT, MIKE AND MATTHEW TINDELL.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: ANN TINDELL.
SON-IN-LAW: BUD DAVIS.
GRANDSONS: THOMAS WRIGHT, JODY DAVIS, DAKOTA RAY LIGHT.
BROTHERS: DON AND BILL SHELBY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2006 AT 10:00 AM.
Place of Service: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
interment: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ darwin, ok.
OFFICIATING: DARRELL HEATH.
ASSISTING: DON TINDELL.
CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT SHIRCLIFF, FRANKLIN MORTON, JOHNNY SMITH, ROBERT THOMPSON, LARRY MANSELL, JOHNNY MESSER.
FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY AT 6 PM.
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