Howard Morris Shelton^[1]

1923 - 1993  (70 years)

• Name	Howard Morris Shelton
  Born	21 Mar 1923
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1993	Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnton, North Carolia   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I87329	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert William "Bob" Shelton,   b. 5 Feb 1890, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Feb 1964  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ella Mae Burgess,   b. 21 Oct 1894,   d. 28 Apr 1934  (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F31864	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Fowler,   d. DECEASED
  Children	1. Howard William Shelton   2. Alice Faye Shelton   3. R. J. Shelton   4. Sharon Rose Shelton   5. James Garrett Shelton
  Family ID	F31883	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Maisie Staley
  Children	1. Michael Dean Shelton   2. Cena Marie Shelton   3. Paul Daniel Shelton   4. Rose Lynn Shelton
  Family ID	F31884	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 232, 233. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 11 Dec 2007. Edith Shelton Merrill obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Charlotte Observer (NC), 17 Jun 1993. Mr. Howard Morris Shelton 70, of 1836 Brevard Place Rd. died June 16, 1993, at Lincoln County Hospital in Lincolnton. Funeral is 2 p.m. Friday at Carothers Funeral Home in Stanley, with the Rev. Carl Fosdick officiating. Burial is in Hollywood Cemetery in Gastonia. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Shelton, a retired supervisor with R.L. Stowe Mills in Belmont, was a native of Newport, Tenn., son of the late Robert and Ella Mae Burgess Shelton. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Macey Shelton; sons, Howard Shelton, R.J. Shelton, both of Gastonia, James Shelton of Lincolnton, Michael Shelton of Charlotte, Paul Shelton of Iron Station; daughters, Mrs. Lynn Crumbley of Dawsonville, Ga., Mrs. Sharon Poole of Lowell, Mrs. Alice Humphrey of Lincolnton, Mrs. Marie Broome; brothers, Dale Shelton of Greenville, S.C., Bobby Shelton of Parrotsville, Tenn., James Shelton, Arthur Shelton, both of Newport, Tenn.; sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Gentry, Mrs. Edith Merrill, Mrs. Evelyn Hopkins, Mrs. Eula Durham, all of Greenville, S.C.; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.