E. E. Shelhamer

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Barry Owens, associate pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors:BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Shelhamer was born August 3, 1912 in Sumner Co., Kansas. He graduated from Winfield High School in Winfield, Kansas and attended Southwestern College in Winfield. Shelly came to Pampa in 1936 from Winfield. He married Lois Martin on June 11, 1939 in Pampa. Shelly was a veteran of the US Army Signal Corps during WWII and was discharged as a staff sergeant. He was secretary/treasurer of Beacon Supply for 25 years and became a partner with Bob and Gene Sidwell. After retiring from Beacon in 1961, Shelly was an agent for Southwestern Life Insurance Co. for several years. He was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church and was secretary of the Everyman's Bible Class for over 55 years. Shelly was a member and past president of Pampa Rotary Club and received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award in 2008. He was a member of the Pampa Independent School District Board of Trustees for four years, serving as president for one year. He was a member of the Pampa Senior Citizens Center board for over 30 years. Shelly was a member of the Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF & AM, past board member of Adobe Walls Council of Boy Scouts of America, and was a past president of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce.SURVIVORS: Wife: Lois Shelhamer of the home; 2 sons: Dr. Gene Shelhamer and wife Carolyn of Abilene, and Dr. Jim Shelhamer and wife Ruth of Kensington, Maryland; a daughter, Pam Grant of Denver, CO; 10 grandchildren: Dee Howard, Melissa Burns, Lori Patterson, Melanie Willis, Alan Shelhamer, Kristi Muehlstein, Claire Neill, Lindsay Grant, Ian Grant, and Joel Grant; and 11 great-grandchildren: Matt Howard, Sara Howard, Lahne Burns, Lauren Burns, Lance Burns, Lindy Patterson, Laney Patterson, Amelia Shelhamer, Gracie Shelhamer, Vera Mae Foster, and Olivia Rae Grant.MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 621, Pampa, TX 79066 or Pampa Senior Citizens Center, 500 W. Francis, Pampa, TX 79065.