Thomas Byron “Tom” Shults, 93, died on Saturday, October 3, 2015, in Memphis.
Services were held on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Lance Wood, officiating.
Burial followed at Becton Cemetery in Becton, Lubbock County, Texas.
Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Tom was born January 24, 1922, in Childress to William and Sarah Elizabeth Shults. He married Cleta Bell Becton on May 1, 1950, in Carlsbad. He grew up in Hedley and had been a resident of Clarendon since 1976. He cared about people and enjoyed visiting people in the nursing home. He also loved visiting Clarendon and Hedley Sr. Citizens where he played dominoes. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Clarendon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife in 2007; a son, Tommy Mack Shults in 1956; 4 brothers; 2 sisters; and a grandson.
He is survived by a daughter, Kathy Bateman and husband John of Arlington; a granddaughter, Emily Ellis of Amarillo; a granddaughter in law, Jill Bateman of Grand Prairie; and 3 great grandchildren, Autumn and Amanda Ellis, and Sophie Bateman.
The family request memorials be sent to the Donley County Sr. Citizens in Clarendon or the Hedley Sr. Citizens.
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