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Lessie Maggie Shelton

Lessie Maggie Shelton

Female 1918 - 2005  (86 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Lessie Maggie Shelton 
    Birth 20 Jun 1918  Center Hill, Houston, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Initiatory (LDS) 30 Jan 1964  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCP-Z68 
    Death 19 Mar 2005  Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I25787  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Clemant Chapman Shelton,   b. 14 Feb 1875, Kildare, Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1932, Center Hill, Houston, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Sallie Elizabeth Hall,   b. 20 Feb 1884, Kildare, Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1946, Atlanta, Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1908  Linden, Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ernest Clifton Burns,   b. 17 Dec 1911, Linden, Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1954, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1935  Cass, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

    Family 2 Joseph Avon Bushnell,   b. 21 Apr 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1988, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1955  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jun 1918 - Center Hill, Houston, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Oct 1935 - Cass, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Feb 1955 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 30 Jan 1964 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Mar 2005 - Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Shelton, Lessie M b1918
    Shelton, Lessie M b1918
    Shelton, Lessie M b1918
    Shelton, Lessie M b1918

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:
      Maggie Shelton Bushnell 1918 ~ 2005 Lessie Bushnell, 86, passed away pea c efully at her home in Tooele, Utah. Lessie was born June 20 t h 1918 t o C lemant Chapman Shelton and Sallie Elizabeth Hall and was one of ten c hild ren. She said of the occasion, "I came into this life with my best f rien d and twin sister Dessie. We were delivered on the front porch of ou r hom e by my daddy"! Grandma loved life and lived it to the fullest! Gar dening , crafts and cooking were her hobbies. Fishing and quilting w er e her tal ents and family genealogy was her passion.

      Member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is surviv e d by two brothers, Ennis and Dorothy and her children Beverly Taylor (D el bert), Marlene Peterson (Ross), Colleen Holcomb (Ken), Bonita Burgi Fi s h (Mike); son in-la w Bill Burgi, and Lowry Avon Bushnell M.D. (Becky) . L essie was preceded in death by seven siblings, first husband Ernest B urns , her lifelong love Joseph Avon Bushnell, her daughter Yvonne Melvil le, h er grandsons Byron Dirk Melville and Zachary Ross Peterson, a grand daught er Wendy Holcomb, and finally two great-grandsons Jacob Scott Pete rson an d Michael Scott Middaugh.

      Funeral services will be Thursday March 24t h at 11:00 a.m. at Tooele 26 t h Ward, 1025 West Utah Ave. (200 N). Friends and family may call 9:3 0 t o 10:30 prior to service and Wed. evening 6- 8 p.m. at Tate Mortuar y 11 0 S. Main Street, Tooele.