Leitha B. Shelley's Obituary
SERVICES – Rosary will be said 7:00 PM Monday, June 20, 2016 in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon. Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in the Church with Rev. Arokia Raj Samala as the celebrant.
INTERMENT – St. Mary’s Cemetery in Clarendon.
ARRANGEMENTS - Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Leitha was born June 14, 1959 in Grants, New Mexico to Harold and LaVon Martin. She married Sam Shelley, Jr. on August 20, 1977 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. She had been a resident of Clarendon since 1993 and loved art, outdoors, and plants. She was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – her fathers, Harold Martin and James Abbott; and a brother, Brian Martin.
SURVIVORS – her husband, Sam Shelley of Clarendon; her mother, LaVon Abbott of Lelia Lake; 2 sons, Samuel Shelley, III of Lubbock and Jeremy Shelley and wife Laura of Clarendon; 3 daughters, Luchi Shelley of Amarillo, Samara Shelley of Albuquerque, and Nicky Shelley of Clarendon; a brother, James Abbott of Amarillo; 2 sisters, Mary Barnes of Amarillo and Twila Crawford of Clarendon; 11 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren.
MEMORIALS – The family suggest memorials be to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clarendon.
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