SHELTON LEE

ORAN -- Robert "Shelton" Lee, 88, of Oran died Wednesday, May 24, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Sept. 5, 1911, in Wickliffe, Ky., son of William Sanford and Rosa Mae Fields Lee. He and Earline Flowers were married Oct. 20, 1941, at New Madrid.

Lee had been a farmer and bus driver, and was retired from Scott County Highway Department. He was a member of Morley Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Alene Holland of Arcadia, Fla., Pauline Ables of Alamo, Tenn., Evelyn Price of Sikeston, Peggy Wilson of Morley; two brothers, Henry Lee of Anniston, Bill Lee of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Minnie Warren of Phoenix, Ariz.; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, three brothers, and a sister.

Friends may call at Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Dan Holland, a grandson, officiating. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park in East Prairie.