Funeral Services for William Nelson Selby, age 84, will be held March 12, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. in the Reydon Community Church officiated by Alberta Helton. Burial will be at Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service, Cheyenne, Oklahoma.
Nelson attended Reydon School and worked on the family farm until he married Norma Gene Davis of Crawford, Oklahoma on October 28, 1941. Nelson and Norma Gene made their home on the Davis farm at Durham, Oklahoma until 1952 when he moved his family to Phillips, Texas where he worked for Phillips Petroleum Company until his retirement in 1979. After retirement he moved back to the family farm at Reydon. In 1993 he and Norma Gene moved to Clinton to be close to family.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Norma Gene, of the home, 2 sons, Jackie Ray Selby and wife, Carolyn, Pampa, Texas, and Roy Nelson Selby and wife, Bonnie, Borger, Texas, 2 daughters, Reta Hall and husband Eugene, Clinton, Oklahomas; and Reba Helms and husband, Steve, Monroe, North Carolina; 9 grandchildren Thurston Selby and wife, Phoebe of Sturgis, South Dakoa, Austin Selby and wife, Shelly of Stinett, Texas; Billy McCoy of Durham, Oklahoma; Raylenen Ray and husband, Tony of Foss, Oklahoma, Gena Donelson and husband Lance of Weatherford, Oklahoma, Elwyn Martin of Raleigh, North Carolina; Jamie Helms Brice of Raleight, North Carolina; Steve Helms, Jr. of Charlotte, North Carolina; 13 great grandchildren, Elaine, Thurston, David and Daniel Selby of Sturgis, Souh Dakota; Ricky and Ethan Selby of Stinet, Texas; Travis and Whitney McCoy, Chickasha, Oklahoma; Kathy and Justin Ray of Foss, Oklahoma; Logan and Lexi Donelson of Weatherford, Oklahoma; 1 brother, Jack Selby, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 1 sister, Lenora Hooper, Perryton, Texas; sister-in-law, Joyce Davis, Pampa, Texas.
