More detail on this person: Jerry Loce Shelby,
85, of Altus, passed away Monday afternoon, Nov.
30, 2015, at Jackson County Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Shelby was born in Gould on April 4, 1930, to
Samuel Willis and Josie Irene (James) Shelby.
After graduating from Martha High School in 1948,
he went on to attend Oklahoma A & M where he
received his Bachelors Degree and his ROTC
Commission. On June 23, 1953, Jerry married the
love of his life, Patricia Ann Weathers, and they
spent the next 62 wonderful years together until
his death. In 1954, Jerry began his service to his
country in the United States Army. For the next 22
years, LT COL Shelby was stationed at Ft.
Benning, Ga., Ft. Rucker, Ala., Ft. Leavenworth,
Kan., Ft. Wolters, Texas, Nuremberg Germany, two
tours in Vietnam, one year in Korea and retired at
Ft. Sill in 1976. An accomplished helicopter and
fixed wing pilot, LT COL Shelby, loved flying.
After his retirement he began farming west of
Altus and continued farming until his health
failed. In his spare time, Jerry enjoyed deer
hunting, fishing and golf.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife Pat of the home; two
children, Ricky Shelby and wife Karla of Montague,
Calif., and Gerri Pope and husband Reese of
Fruita, Colo.; two grandchildren, Ryan Pope and
wife Jenseena of Murray, Utah, and Jonathan Pope
of Conifer, Colo.; two great-granddaughters,
Evelyn Isa and Lillian; two sisters, Sami Potts of
Stillwater, and Carol Beth Haas of Martha; three
brothers, Dale Shelby and wife Patsy of
Albuquerque, N.M., Don Shelby and wife Gail of Ft.
Worth, Texas, and Larry Shelby and wife Ginny of
Washington State.
LT COL Shelby will be laid to rest with full
military honors at the Ft. Sill National Cemetery,
located in Elgin, on Friday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday,
Dec. 4 at Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Chapel with
Pastor Doug Altom officiating. Services are under
the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home of
Altus.
For family and friends not able to attend the
service, Lowell-Tims will provide a live webcast
of the service beginning at 1:58 p.m., Friday. Go
to www.LowellTims.com and click on obituaries.
Then, click on Jerry Shelby. There will be a large
area inviting you to join the webcast.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials
be made to the First Baptist Church, in Altus, in
memory of Jerry Shelby. Online tributes may be
made to the family at www.Lowell-Tims.com
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