Shelton L. Brummell

Shelton Lamont Brummell., son of Fred Thomas Brummell, Sr. and the late Jean Loretta Adams Brummell, was born December 10, 1958, in Denton, Maryland. He departed this life on February 27, 2026 at his home. He was 67.

Shelton received his education in Caroline County. Although he was never officially employed, he made it his purpose to watch his family strive and grow. He celebrated all their accomplishments and grieved all their losses. In the latter years, he became his mother and brother’s caregiver alongside of his father, Freddie. He loved family get-togethers and ride outs with his friends. He would do nighttime phone checks to see how family members were doing. He’d say “Hey buddy, I don’t want nothing, just checking on y’all” or “Jr. told me to call you”, … but we knew better. He loved photos. He took pictures of everything. When he said I think I have a picture of that in my photo album, sometimes we secretly wanted to run away. He had an album to go with almost every occasion, all neatly filed and stacked. He had completely full dressers of them.

In addition to loving his family…. oh boy, did he have an appetite. He would fill his plate full, and even try to get you to fix it, if you were gullible (smile) and would finish Freddie’s leftover, when Freddie went to bed. He loved his fried chicken, but wait, he also loved rabbit, muskrat, squirrel, pig feet, chitterlins’ and turtle too. And dancing, wow, he would outlast all his partners on the dance floor. He made himself the life of the party. When he was extremely happy, brace yourself, he would slap his leg then slap you on the arm, then fall over on you laughing. He was a member of Ross Chapel AME Church his entire life. He enjoyed singing. He started out singing as a youth in the group formed by his parents, called the “The Brummell Boys”. All four brothers sang. Singing in church followed him all his life. He also sang with the Community Gospelettes, The Preston Circuit Choir and The Preston Circuit Male Chorus. He stood proudly when the Male Chorus was inducted into the 2nd Generation Musical Hall of Fame.

He is best known for his signature songs, such as: “I Don’t Feel Noways Tired”, Hallelujah Square”, “Lord, Help Me To Hold Out’, “I Stood On The Banks Of Jordan”, “Jesus Is The Best Thing”, “The Gospel Train” and “Don’t Call The Roll Till I Get There”. All of which he sang while wearing his colorful suits with matching shoes and hold the “longest” note. He enjoyed singing and tried to get up in the choir box even if it wasn’t his Sunday to sing. A few times we just gave up and let him sit up there with the children’s or women’s choir. Anyone and everyone that has ever known Shelton, knows he loved his music and singing.

He collected so many videos, tapes, cassettes, records, albums, DVDs that he should have had his own music/movie and rental company. His favorite hangouts were Price’s Music Shop, Tape World and the What’s New Shop Christian Store. They all knew him by name. He would call and ask if we knew who sang that song. Then he’d go buy it. Later, he might call you back and say “I had that already, you can have one”.

Shelton was preceded in death by his mother, Jean Brummell, brother, Fred T. Brummell, Jr. and sister-n-law, Bernette Brummell. 

He leaves to mourn his passing and to also remember him, his father, Fred Thomas Brummell, Sr. (Patricia), of Denton, Maryland; two brothers, Derick Brummell (Yvonne) of Preston, Maryland and Kevin Brummell (Cynthia) of Denton, Maryland and two sisters, Jacquela Horsey of Grasonville, Maryland and Shi Adams of Denton, Maryland. He leaves behind a very close cousin, Michael Brummell and very close friends Wendell Wilmer, Jr. and Brian Wilmer; a close cousin, Howard Ross, and close cousin considered as a twin, Larry Brummell; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and multitude of friends….and “those special ladies in church he liked to “lean” on.

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