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Sara Jane Jackson Shell
(September 22, 1928 - May 22, 2013)

Sara Jane Jackson Shell was born September 22, 1928, in Winnfield, Louisiana, and died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in the Specialty Hospital of Winnfield. She was preceded in death by Dennis Shell, her husband of fifty-nine years, and her parents, Shirley and Marion Pugh Jackson.

She is survived by her daughters, Fran Walton and Jan Beville; four grandchildren, Matt Walton; Sara Catherine Morgan of El Dorado, Arkansas; Denise Brown of Huntsville, Alabama; and Jared Beville of Bossier City; and ten great grandchildren, Thomas Walton; Sydney Jeanne and Jackson Crossland; Savanna and Zac Morgan; Virginia, Benjamin, John Calvin, and Andrew Brown; and Anna Kate Beville; her sister, Marilyn Jackson Shaw of Fulshear, Texas; her brother, John Glyn Jackson; her sister-in-law, Dorothy Shell; and six nieces and three nephews.

Mrs. Shell was graduated from Winnfield High School and Northwestern State College. She taught business courses at Winnfield High School and Winnfield Senior High School for thirty-four years and was a life and health insurance agent after her retirement from teaching. Mrs. Shell was a life-long member of First United Methodist Church where she taught the Irene Wood Sunday School Class and was a member of United Methodist Women and the Administrative Council. She was also a member of Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Winn Parish Retired Teachers, and the Lazy Daisy Home Demonstration Club. She served on the board of the Community Food Pantry and was the last surviving member of the Winnfield High School Reunion Committee.

Services for Mrs. Shell will be at 11:00 Saturday, May 25, in the First United Methodist Church of Winnfield with Rev.Timothy E. Lawson of Destrehan and Bryan Kelley officiating. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, May 24, and from 9:00 until 10:30 Saturday morning in the funeral home.

Pall bearers will be Jared Beville, Jason Brewton, Jeff Brown, Carl Bryant, Jamie Dantzler, Brad Morgan, Jason Walker, and Matt Walton.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 510, or Community Food Pantry, P. O. Box 302, Winnfield, Louisiana 71483.