Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Kelli Shankles

Kelli Khurston (McCain) Shankles, 32, of McCaskill died Tuesday, January 7, 1997, at a Hope hospital.

Mrs. Shankles was born April 24, 1964, in Alexandria, La. A graduate of Blevins High School, she was valedictorian of her class. She was also a graduate of Texarkana Community College with a registered nurse degree. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church. She was employed by L.S.U. Medical Center in Sherveport, La.

Survivors include her husband, Russell Shankles of McCaskill; two daughters, Holli Harris and Haley Shankles both of McCaskill; her parents, Cecil and Lula McCain of McCaskill; brothers and sisters-in-law, James and Millie McCain of McCaskill and Richard and Lisa McCain of Bastrop, La.; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Iva Rhodes of Hope; a number of nephews and nieces and one great niece.

Funeral services were held Thursday, January 9, at Ridgeway Baptist Church with Revs. Marty Polston and Dennis Jones officiating. Burial was in the Friendship Cemetery under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville.