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Edward H. Shell - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal January 10, 1936

Edward H. Shell Fatally Stricken While Surveying

Edward H. Shell, 67, Spanish American war veteran and civil engineer, dropped dead Wednesday while 
surveying some property 15 miles south of here.

Mr. Shell was born in Holly Springs, Miss., and had resided near Tallulah for the past year. He was 
formerly employed by the Chicago Mill & Lumber Corporation.

As a member of the Second Arkansas regiment, Mr. Shell served during the entire Spanish American war 
and was a member of the Little Rock Post of Spanish American War Veterans. He was a Mason and an 
active member of the Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Sallie Nelson and Miss Louise Shell of Memphis, Tenn.; 
Miss Ella Shell of Los Angles, Calif., Miss Christine Shell of Tallulah, and a son, Jack Shell 
of Tallulah.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the chapel of the Williams Funeral Home 
in Tallulah, after which interment took place in the National Cemetery in Vicksburg, with Masonic rites. 
The services were conducted by the Rev. Boddy of the Lake Providence Methodist with the assistance of 
the Rev. C. Karlos Smith of the Tallulah Methodist Church.