Judith Pauline Selby Neely, 83, of Henderson passed away Oct. 21, 2026, at Henderson Health & Rehabilitation.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue Chapel with Thomas Leach officiating.
Burial followed at Henderson City Cemetery. The family received friends at Crook Avenue from noon-2 p.m. service time Sunday.
She was born Sept. 28, 1943, in Okmulgee, Okla., and grew up in Jackson, the daughter of the late Ernest Junior and Wanda Pauline Biggs Selby. She graduated from Northside High School.
She married Don Neely on Nov. 18, 1960. They made their home in Henderson. She helped her husband and son operate their business – M&N Body Shop for many years.
She enjoyed reading, sewing, crocheting, NASCAR racing and camping in their mobile home. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Pinson and served in the kitchen. She deeply loved her six grandsons and enjoyed keeping all of them at her home.
She is survived by a son, Don “DJ” Neely, Jr of Henderson; two daughters, Kerry (Keith) LeCornu of Henderson and Connie (Tony) McNeil of Finger; grandchildren, Kurt LeCornu, Alex (April) Garey, Eli Garey, Chad (Brandi) Neely, Cameron (Emma) Neely and Blaize Neely; great-grandchildren, Abigail Neely, Kami Neely and Scarlett Roberts; and two brothers, John (Debra) Selby and Bobby Selby all of Fayetteville, Ark.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don Neely in 2017; and a sister, Phyllis Ray.
