“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” John 14:1-4

Marshall Albert "Mac" Charlton, Sr., age 77, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept 19, 2016 from complications he suffered from a car accident in June of this year. Mac graduated from Zachary High School, served his country proudly in the Louisiana National Guard and was a dedicated LSU fan. He loved to cook and took pride in making tasso and homemade bread. He was a skilled carpenter and always willing to help others.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. until the memorial service at 7:00 p.m. at Charlet Funeral Home in Zachary.

Survived by his wife, Shelby Jean, a native of Georgia and resident of Denham Springs, his sons Marshall Albert “Al” Charlton, Jr., St. Francisville, Sean Charlton and wife, Colleen, Nashville, Tennessee, his daughters Deborah Charlton Shirley and husband, Terry, St. Francisville, Carol Jean Gaspard and husband, David Paul, Channelview, Texas, and stepdaughter Tammy Waddell and husband, Billy, Liberty Mississippi. Grandchildren Mandy Bihm, Victoria Carroll, Rachael Pollet, McCall Shirley, Allison Charlton, Kristen Lato, Jessica Abney, Johnny Cole Jr., Billy Waddell and Jennifer Hailey. Great grandchildren, Brielle and Braxon Bihm, Mason Carroll, Bentley Pollet, Brady Lato, Aryssa Vollers, Ellie Waddell, Savanna Hailey, Austin Hailey and Addison Chambers.

Preceded in death by his parents, Albert Oliva Charlton and Clara Ida Campbell Charlton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the charity of your choice.

Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no force air solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is death but a negligibly accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight. I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well.

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