Wendell

Shelton

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Wendell Shelton

May 28 1931 - Sep 13 2020

Wendell Shelton of McKinney, Texas passed away on September 13, 2020 at the age of 89. He was born on May 28, 1931 to Clifton Derwood and Cora Melissie (Jowell) Shelton in Chapman Ranch, Texas. Wendell proudly served his country in the United States Navy January 16, 1951 till November 19, 1954 predominately aboard the USS Bexar. He married Peggy Ann Mayfield on August 16, 1958 in Dallas, Texas, and they made their home in Lubbock, Texas, from 1958-1960. They moved to Dallas in 1960 where he joined the Hillcrest High School coaching staff and later became the head football coach in 1965 and won the Dallas city championship. He earned his master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton and moved into Administration for three years at Dallas Spruce High School and Kimball High School. The Sheltons moved from Dallas to McKinney in 1970 where Wendell went into business with his brother, Carrol Shelton, as co-owner of Shelton Feed and Grain from 1970-1991. He was also a long time member of First Baptist Church McKinney. Football and sports were an important part of Wendell’s life, and after coaching in Dallas, he officiated football in the Lone Star and Southland Conferences in the mid-1970s and later the Southwest Conference from 1977 to 1990. He became the Supervisor of Football Officials in the SWC from 1990 until the end of the conference in 1995.

He is survived by his sons, Jay Wendell Shelton and wife, Darla of Anna, Texas and Jim Shelton and fiancé, Jenn Steinocher of McKinney, Texas; grandsons, Jay Wylie Shelton and Wesley Graham Shelton both of Anna, Texas; granddaughters, Annabelle Steinocher and Emily Steinocher both of McKinney, Texas; sister, Nancy Catherine Nolan of Itasca, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and relatives.

Wendell was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Ann Shelton; parents, Clifford D. (Pop) and Cora M. Shelton; brother, Carrol R. Shelton; and sister, Betty Sue Sawyer.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at First Baptist Church McKinney, 1615 W. Louisiana in McKinney.

A “come and go” visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home. Only a limited number of guests will be allowed to enter the funeral home facility at any one time to maintain social distancing.

Following the funeral service, a procession will make its way to Ridgeview Memorial Park for a committal service where all are invited to attend the committal service maintaining social distancing or you may remain in your vehicle. You will be able to listen to the service through speakers set up at the gravesite.

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