Joyce Rea Mcdonald Shelton

Pace-Stancil Funeral Home
1304 North Cleveland
Dayton, Texas 77535
936-258-5300 936-258-5653 fax
pacestancildayton@sbcglobal.net
Monday, March 07, 2011

Joyce Rea Cranfill McDonald Shelton, 69 of Hempstead died Saturday, March 5, 2011. She was born January 1, 1942 in Seymour, Texas to parents James Roscoe and Angie Mabel Bradley Cranfill. She was a long time resident of Monahans where she attended High School. Married to Jay McDonald, they raised their family in Monahans and later moved to Missouri where they attended Baptist Bible College, with Jay becoming a minister. They served several churches throughout Texas moving to Dayton in 1989. She had a passion for serving her church and its family in many capacities. Joyce was currently a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Hempstead.

Services for Mrs. Shelton will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel, Dayton with Rev. Kenneth Wayne Shelton officiating. Interment will be at Ryan Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Mrs. Shelton was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, Jay McDonald. She is survived by her husband of nine years: Kenneth Shelton of Hempstead; her daughters: Julie Anderton husband Bob of Tarkington Prairie, and Diana Gray and husband Robert of Livingston; grandchildren: Katy and Michael Kelley, Kyle and Allison Anderton, Stephen and Derity Gray, Tamara and Matt Boyd; great-grandchildren: Roxy Joline Kelley, Madilyn Boyd, Makenzie Boyd, Acaysia Nixon, and Haylee Gray; also numerous other relatives and friends.
Friends and family may send their condolences online to www.pacestancil.com.