David Staley Kershaw was born on March 30, 1921, near Marlow, Oklahoma and departed this life on Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 84.

David, the son of James Buckley and Julia Kathryn Lacy Kershaw, was a resident of Prague.

He married Dorothy Jean Kelting Cheatwood on August 31, 1995, in Ada, Oklahoma.

David was a retired carpenter and a member of Calvary Way Church.

His parents, two sisters, and one brothers preceded David in death.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Cheatwood Kershaw of the home; son, Kevin Staley Kershaw of Pauls Valley; daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Larry Lucas of Shawnee; step-children, Larry and Kathy Kingsley of Shawnee, Kathy and Tom Zawaki of Augusta, Georgia; Danny Cheatwood, of Tecumseh; Mike and Linda Cheatwood, Prague; Mark and Cindy Cheatwood, Shawnee; Debbie Lee, Tecumseh; Christinna and Rusty Rushing, Shawnee; Lorrie and Eldon Brittain, Holdenville; Tracy and Steve South, Tecumseh; thirty one grandchildren; and thirty great-grandchildren.

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