Thomas B. Shackelford, Sr.
March 13, 1921-December 16, 1976
NILES--Thomas B. Shackelford St., 55, of 2115 Spansail Dr., died at 12:36 p.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital after an illness of five days.
He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in W.W. II, a member of the St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge, the Mobile, Ala. Athelstan Lodge, and the Niles Shrine Club, the Niles Commandery K.T. and the St. Joseph Valley Chapter of the RAM.
A self-employed trucker, he was born March 13, 1921 in Mobile, Ala., and had lived here since 1951, coming from Mobile.
On Aug. 2, 1942 in Frederick, Okla, he married marilyn Brodie, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Thomas B. of Elkhart, Ind., Gordon B. and Thaddeus H., both of Niles; three daughters, Mrs. Marilynn Weybright of New Paris, Ind., and Virginia Shackelford and Mrs. Susan Dickerson, both of Niles; a brother, H.L. Shackelford, Jr. of Miami, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Villiam H. Peck of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services, including full Masonic rites, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Halbritter Funeral Home conducted by the St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 0 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital, Chicago. Forms are available at the funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 17, 1976, page 2 col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library