Graveside services for Kathleen Moore Saffold Shackelford, 66, who died on May 22, 2024, at her home, were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 27, at Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton. The Reverend Allan Bledsoe officiated at the service.
Kathleen was born in Greenwood on June 25, 1957, to the late Allen and May Saffold.
Kathleen served as a speech pathologist in the Greenwood school system for over 25 years. She was an active member of North Carrollton United Methodist Church and a graduate of the University of Mississippi.
Survivors include her daughter, May Trezevant, and her husband, Taylor of Germantown, Tenn.; son, James Shackelford, and his wife, Mary of Coila; brother, Allen Saffold, and his wife, Melanie of Olive Branch; sister, Marguerite Holt, and her husband, Lynn of Crossville, Tenn.; and three grandchildren, Allie, John, and George Trezevant. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George Shackelford; infant son, James Allan Shackelford, II; and her brother, Robert Ermon Wilson Saffold.
Memorials may be made to Carrollton United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 145, Carrollton, MS 38917, or The Glioblastoma Foundation, Post Office Box 62066, Durham, NC 27715.
Oliver Funeral Home of Winona handled the arrangements. An online guestbook may be signed at www.ofhwinona.com
