Mr. EC Shelton, age 51, a resident of Gillham, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 in Lubbock, Texas.

He was born to Earnest Clifton, Sr. and Wanda Marcelle Gentry Shelton in Dallas, Texas, on September 20, 1965. EC served in the military with the Army National Guard. He was a heavy equipment operator in the oil field pipeline infrastructure construction, and was a member of the First Baptist .Church of Grannis, Arkansas. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, disc golf, bow and arrow hunting, outdoors, and was an animal lover. Above all, EC was a devoted and loving Dad and Pappy. Nobody made him step forward in the time of crisis. He did it because of who he was.

He was preceded in death by his father, two brothers, Darrell Chambers, Eugene Shelton, and a sister-in-law, Mona Shelton.

He is survived by his mother Marcelle Shelton of De Queen, two sons, Derrick and Mary Shelton of El Dorado, Arkansas, and Colton Shelton of De Queen, a daughter, Gracie Shelton of De Queen, Arkansas, a brother and sister-in-law, Larry and Karla Shelton of Horatio, three sisters and a brother-in-law, Ernestine Shelton of De Queen, Tammy and Rick Riggs of Norman, Oklahoma, and Teresa Lancaster of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a grandson, D. J. Shelton of El Dorado, Arkansas, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Cremation under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen, Arkansas. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.