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Pontotoc County, Mississippi about a mile and a half west of Friendship Community, just East of John's Creek. His father's name was Brazil Manly and Sue Mounce Shettles. He married Priscella Elinor Schmidt on December 18, 1948, and they had seven children. He served the Major
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