George Homer Shackelford

George Homer Shackelford, 85, of Eufaula, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. George was born on February 29, 1932, in Poteau, Oklahoma the son of William Henry and Margie Louis (McClain) Shackelford. He worked in the coal mine in his youth and then enlisted in the United States Navy. After the military, George became a welder. Survivors include: his sisters, Wilda Stricklen and Ann Campbell both of Eufaula; his sisters-in-law - Lois Shackelford of California and Glenda Shackelford of Eufaula, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Lawrence, Harrell, Wendell, Larry, Billy and Roy Dean; his sisters, Phyllis Bedford an Sharon Howell; one sister-in-law, Maudie Shackelford and three brothers-in-law, Jim Bedford, John Howell and Edward Campbell.