Obituary of Ira Don Shaw

Funeral services for Ira Don Shaw, 85, Troup, will be at 1:00 pm, Monday, March 10, 2014, at First Baptist Church, Troup, with Reverend James Cheatham officiating. Burial will be in the Bradford Cemetery, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home. Mr. Shaw died Thursday, March 6, 2014, in a Tyler hospital. He was born October 16, 1928, in Tyler, Texas to the late Ira D. Shaw and Alta L. Davis Shaw. He served in Korea as a Corporal in the US Army and received a Purple Heart. He married Jo Evelyn Clague Shaw March 3, 1977, in Troup. He retired from GE/ Trane after 32 years as an Instrumentation Specialist. He was a Master Mason, Dixie Lodge #272, a member of the Laney-Gambell American Legion, Post #418, and a member of the First Baptist Church, Troup. Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Jo Evelyn Dorrell Clague Shaw, Troup; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Clague, Troup, Charles and Sharon Clague, Troup, John Rogers Clague, Henderson, Gary Tim and Karen Shaw, Troup, Ira Kelvin And Christy Shaw, Bauxite, AR, Tony Lance Shaw, Troup; daughters and son-in-law, Nancy Anne and James Roblow, Troup, Donna Gail Shaw, Anchorage, AK; sister, Mona Raye Osborn, Troup; 26 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren; niece, Gigi Selman, Frankston; nephew, Chuck Osborn, Tyler. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Kevin Shaw, Kenneth Shaw, Joey Clague, Calvin Mason and Chuck Clague. Honorary Pallbearers will be sons, Gary Tim Shaw, Tony Lance Shaw, Ira Kelvin Shaw, Robert W. Clague, Charles E. Clague, John R. Clague. The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home, 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Memorials, if desired, may be sent to First Baptist Church, Troup, 935 Hwy135 South, Troup, TX 75789.