SHELBY BOBO

February 26, 1934 - June 15, 2014

Shelby Bobo, 80, of Pembroke Township, IL, died Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 25, 2014 from 10:00 A.M. until time of Funeral Services at 11:00 A.M. at Lax Mortuary. Bishop Duane Sherman will officiate. Burial will be in Momence Cemetery. Shelby Bobo was born February 26, 1934 in Tunica, Mississippi to Mayweather and Idella Taylor Bobo. He owned an auto salvage company for 30 years and later was a self-employed farmer for 30 years. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Brenda A. Bobo of Pembroke Township, IL; three daughters and one son-in-law, Cynthia and Fred Smith of Minneapolis, MN, Pamela Williams of Mississippi and Helena Duncan of Chicago, IL; two brothers and one sister-in-law, S. T. and Betty Bobo of Chicago, IL and Charles Bobo of Hopkins Park, IL; two sisters, Annie White of Hopkins Park, IL and Novella Bobo of Chicago, IL; 28 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by two sons, Shelby Bobo Jr. and Shelby Lee Young.