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Evelyn Drake Shelton

1931 - 2025

Evelyn Drake Shelton obituary, 1931-2025, Houston, TX

BORN

1931

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Neptune Society - Houston

2901 West Loop South Suite 102

Houston, Texas

Evelyn Shelton Obituary

Evelyn Drake Shelton
11/09/1931 - 09/23/2025
Evelyn Gimbert Drake Shelton, 93, went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 23, 2025. A Virginia native, she made Houston her home for 62 years.

"Ebo" will be dearly missed by her daughters, Lynn Drake, and partner Michael Fields; daughter Donna and her husband, Steve Anton; grandchildren Alicia Simmons, Drake Heller, Max Anton, Eli Anton and Abby Ketron and families; stepdaughter Janet Shelton Nelson and family; 11 great-grandchildren; her brother, Clement Gimbert, his wife, Flora, and their family. She is preceded in death by her first husband, Don Drake, and her second husband, Charles Shelton.

Evelyn treasured beaches, beautiful music, painting watercolors, and gathering with her children and grandchildren, for whom she was a strong example of wisdom, faith, humor and "scrappiness."

A memorial service will be held on November 9 at the family's home.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Houston Chronicle on Oct. 26, 2025.

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