CRYSTAL SPRINGS — Shelton Burt, 70, passed away Sept. 2, 2011, at Regency Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 4:30-8 tonight at Stringer Family Funeral Home in Crystal Springs. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Stringer Family Funeral Services with burial at Harmony Cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.

Mr. Burt was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. He owned Alco Transmission Service in Vicksburg from 1970 to 1985. He then owned Harmony Transmission from 1985 to 1988. He loved to hunt, fish and dance. He loved his family, football and racing.

He was preceded in death by a son, Shelton Burt Jr.; parents, Charlie and Erma Bennett Burt; and a brother, Benny Burt.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Burt; daughters, Pequita Brown of Crystal Springs and Pam Stokes and Tammy Wallace, both of Delta, La.; sister-in-law, Janice Burt of Forest; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three nephews, two nieces and many cousins and friends.