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R.W. Shattles, Former Perry Supervisor, Dies
Rainer Walter Shattles of the Janice community, RFD 1, Brooklyn, former Perry county supervisor for 12 years, died at 12:45 a.m. today at Foundation Hospital in New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was 66.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Brooklyn Methodist church. Interment with Masonic rites will follow at Brooklyn Cemetery.
The body will remain at Hulett Funeral home until 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when it will be moved to the family residence untill time for services.
Mr. Shattles served as supervisor of Beat 5 in Perry County. He was the son of the late G.W. and Mary A. Shattles, prominent and pioneer citizens of Perry County. Upon completion of his education in Perry County public schools, he entered the agricultural and loggin business.
He was later engaged in operating a large plantation and a lumber manufacturing business. He was a member of Clear Creek Methodist Church and Brooklyn Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by one son, Realus, RFD 1, Brooklyn; five daughters, Mrs. H.A. Stone, Austin, TX, Mrs. Clyde Whatley and Mrs. Ras West, both of RFD 1, Brooklyn, Mrs. Fufus Wedgeworth, Hattiesburg, and Mrs. Hammon Breland, Urbana, IL; three brothers, D.S. Shattles of Pascagoula and J.R. and O.M. Shattles of Brooklyn; and five sisters, Mrs. Emma Waters, Mrs. A.W. Holder, Mrs. J.B. Walters, Miss. Mattie Shattles, and Miss. Roxie Shattles, all of Brooklyn.
