This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2JB.2ACE/400 Message Board Post: The Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill, MO March 24, 1910 Died at his home in Lutesville, (Bollinger Co.) March 27, Johnson M. Shell, of heart failure. Mr. Shell had been down to the Shell cemetery, near town, and worked at clearing it up until about 2 o'clock that afternoon. After supper he stepped out into the yard, to see about some young chickens, when death struck him and he fell. Before he could be carried into the house, he was dead. Mr. Shell was a native of Cape Girardeau County, born in 1838. In 1861, he joined Fremont's Rangers and in 1863, he joined the 12th Missouri Calvalry and was one of the 24 survivors of his company who were discharged in 1865. He leaves a wife, four sons, and four daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. D.E. Barrett, Saturday afternoon, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Shell Cemetery. ~ Lutesville.