Loretta Dean Shell Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Loretta Dean Shell (Roxie, Mississippi), who passed away on September 20, 2025, at the age of 84, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, James Knox Murray and Augusta Ada Rakestraw Murray; her husband Roy Shell; her son Christopher Allan Shell; and her siblings, Floretta Jean Perry and Jimmy Ray Murray.
She is survived by: her children, Jennifer Wallace and Tyrone Shell (Sandy); her brother Charles Murray; her grandchildren, Miranda Shell, Kade Shell, Beth Stebbins (Brady), Hope Beach (Tristan), Justin Emfinger (Kylee) and Josh Wallace; her stepgrandson Wayland Harveston; and her great grandchildren, Bentley, Brooke, Gatlin, Isabella, Olivia, Nicholas, Krislynn and Jade.
The family request memorials be made in her name to the Cemetery Fund at Springhill Baptist Church at 430 Freewoods Road SW, Roxie, MS 39661.
