Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameSHELLABARGER, Lt. Col. Royce Earl 
Birth Date25 Dec 1918
Birth PlaceCovington, Miami County, Ohio
OccupationFire Department Chief, Univeristy of Mississippi
Death Date10 Apr 1967 Age: 48
Death PlaceOxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
FlagsServed in the Military, World War II
Misc. Notes
Royce Shellabarger was a prisoner of war during WWII held at Camp Chumen (Shumia), Chumen, Bulgaria.
Royce served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Corps flying in B17s and B24s.
Royce served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Corps flying in B17s and B24s.
Spouses
1AVENT, Edna Lee , 5G Granddaughter
, 5G GranddaughterBirth Date22 Sep 1916
Birth PlaceOxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi
Death Date18 Sep 2008 Age: 91
Death PlaceTupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
FatherAVENT, John Edward Sr. (1885-1938)
MotherFURR, Cara Lee (1892-1964)
Misc. Notes
Edna was a Graduate of University High and attended Whitworth College in Brookhaven and the University of Miss, where she was a Member of Kappa Delta Sorority.
She was crowned Miss Oxford in 1936.
She was married to R. E. "Rusty" Shellabarger, a former Pilot in the U. S. Army Air Corps and a World War II Prisoner of War, who died in 1967.
She worked at the Charleston SC Navy Yard during World War II, then returned home and worked in the J. D. Williams Library and the Air Force ROTC at Ole Miss.
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n 1971, she was elected to the first of four terms as Lafayette County Circuit Clerk.
She was a Member of the First Baptist Church in Oxford.
She was preceded in death by her Parents, John Edward Avent and Carra Lee Furr Avent; and 2 Brothers, John Edward "Sally" Avent and Benjamin Wesley Avent.
Survivors include her Children, Lee Myrl Shellabarger McKenzie and Husband, Danny, of Tupelo; R. E. "Buzzy" Shellabarger, Jr. and Wife, Judi, of Memphis, TN; and Sally Avent Shellabarger Worsham and Husband, Danny, of Oxford; four Grandchildren and a Great Granddaughter.
She was crowned Miss Oxford in 1936.
She was married to R. E. "Rusty" Shellabarger, a former Pilot in the U. S. Army Air Corps and a World War II Prisoner of War, who died in 1967.
She worked at the Charleston SC Navy Yard during World War II, then returned home and worked in the J. D. Williams Library and the Air Force ROTC at Ole Miss.
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n 1971, she was elected to the first of four terms as Lafayette County Circuit Clerk.
She was a Member of the First Baptist Church in Oxford.
She was preceded in death by her Parents, John Edward Avent and Carra Lee Furr Avent; and 2 Brothers, John Edward "Sally" Avent and Benjamin Wesley Avent.
Survivors include her Children, Lee Myrl Shellabarger McKenzie and Husband, Danny, of Tupelo; R. E. "Buzzy" Shellabarger, Jr. and Wife, Judi, of Memphis, TN; and Sally Avent Shellabarger Worsham and Husband, Danny, of Oxford; four Grandchildren and a Great Granddaughter.
Marr Date9 Jul 1943
Marr PlaceLeon County, Florida