Services for Johnnie Shelton, of Bogue Chitto, are 2 p.m.Saturday, April 16 at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in Bogue Chitto withburial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 6 p.m. at R.E. TylerFuneral Home.

Mr. Shelton, 83, died April 10, 2005, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center in McComb. He was born in Arkansas on Feb.22, 1922, to Gladys Shelton and Mary Shelton.

He was a former employee of Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee, Wisc.He served in the Army and in World War II. He was a member of Mt.Zion M.B. Church in Bogue Chitto.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Ida Shelton, of Bogue Chitto; hisdaughter, Judy Ross, of Las Vega, Nev.; and his brother, ErmanShelton, of Los Angeles, Calif.