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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 231.
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Walter Shelton
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 10, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1925
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Enumeration District Number: 0019
Family Number: 13
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 71
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238
Film Number: 2341972
Digital Folder Number: 4548152
Image Number: 00419
Household Gender Age
Parent Jim Shelton M 37
Parent Florence Shelton F 25
Ruby Shelton F 7
Walter Shelton M 5
Bardie Shelton F 3
Doyle Shelton M 1
Clifton Shelton M 0
Evalyn Ford F 10
- [S112] Census, 1940.
name: Walter Shelton
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Civil District 10, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
gender: Male
age: 15
marital status: Single
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1925
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 15-21
family number: 19
sheet number and letter: 2A
line number: 11
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3881
digital folder number: 005461287
image number: 00618
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head James W Shelton M 47 Tennessee
wife Florence Shelton F 35 Tennessee
daughter Ruby Shelton F 15 Tennessee
son Walter Shelton M 15 Tennessee
daughter Birdie Shelton F 13 Tennessee
son Dail Shelton M 11 Tennessee
son Clifton C Shelton M 10 Tennessee
daughter Darthy Shelton F 8 Tennessee
son Hermon Shelton M 5 Tennessee
son Vaughn Shelton M 3 Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 20 Sep 2011.
Walter Shelton, 86, the battle he fought bravely with cancer ended in victory on Saturday (September 3, 2011) at his home in Church Hill.
He was born in Cocke County and resided in Kingsport, TN for the past 35 years. Mr. Shelton was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during World War II in the Philippines and the Northern Mariana Islands of Sipan, Tinian and Guam with the 20th Air Force B-29 bomb wing. He retired after 32 years with East Tennessee Natural Gas. Walter was a member of Rock Springs United Methodist Church and attended McFerrin United Methodist Church serving along side his wife in ministry.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James William Shelton and Florence Ford Shelton, brother, Doyle Shelton, sister, Dorothy Dawson, brothers -in-law, Brady Raines, Earl Clarke, Joe Edwards, and Sidney Gregg Dawson.
He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Rev. Regina Haynes Shelton; son Walter Anthony Shelton and fiancé Nicole Piaskowski of Knoxville; future granddaughter, Milania Antonella Shelton; sisters Ruby Raines of White Pine and Birdia Clarke Edwards of Elmer, New Jersey; brothers, Clifton Shelton and wife Louise; Herman Shelton and wife Margaret, both of Newport; Vaughn Shelton and wife Alice of Parrottsville; sisters-in-law Ostia Shelton of Central City, Iowa; Dr. Charlene Haynes of Lake Wales, Florida; brother-in-law, Jack Haynes, Jr. and wife Cynthia of Scottsboro, Alabama; mother-in-law Iva Haynes of Marion, VA; 20 nieces and nephews and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the McFerrin United Methodist Church building fund, 117 Mountain View Rd, Church Hill, TN 37642 or the church of your choice.
To leave an online message or to sign the guest registry for the Shelton family, please visit us @www.johnsonfuneralhome.org.
Johnson Funeral Home of Church Hill is serving the Shelton family.
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