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< http://www.legacy.com/knoxnews/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=121443895 >
Rev. Whitaker White Shelton, 92, went home to be with the
Lord, Sunday, December 14, 2008, after passing at a local
hospital, Chickamauga, GA.
Brother Whit was retired after 42 years from active
Ministerial work in the Baptist Faith and in the Virginia
United Methodist Ministers Conference. He returned home to
Chickamauga, GA, with his wife, Margaret Glenn Shelton
where he became an Associate Minister in the retired
status at Elizabeth Lee Methodist Church.
After being ordained as a Baptist Minister on July 19,
1941 and then receiving his degree from Carson-Newman
College in 1942, Brother Shelton entered the military
service and graduated from the Harvard School for
Chaplains; he was then commissioned by the direction of
the President to serve with the combat divisions in
Europe. While serving as a Chaplain in the 12th Armored
Division during the Battle of the Bulge, he received the
Bronze Star among several other medals.
After World War II, Brother Whit remained in the U.S. Army
Reserve Chaplains Group retiring as Lieutenant Colonel.
Rev. Shelton also received his B.D. degree in 1949 from
the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY, and in
1962 earned a Master of Education Degree in guidance and
counseling from the University of Chattanooga, TN.
He was born to the late Jacob and Isabel Keck Shelton on
April 11, 1916, in Tazewell, TN, per his family Bible. He
was the sixth in a family of twelve children who all spent
their childhood in eastern Tennessee. Brother Whit was
preceded in death by his wife of fifty-five years, Margaret
Glenn Shelton.
He is survived by his sister, Lenoir Musser of Talbott,
TN; brother, Weyer J. Shelton of New Market, TN; along
with several nieces and nephews. A special thank you is
given to Brother Whit's caregivers of many years, Annie,
Betty, Lois, Martha, Mattie, Nita and Tara.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday,
December 17, 2008, in the funeral home chapel with
Reverend Larry Summerour and Reverend Chris Morgan
presiding.
Burial will follow in Chickamauga Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church
of Chickamauga and/or Elizabeth Lee United Methodist
Church both of Chickamauga. Arrangements by Wilson Funeral
Homes - J. Avery Bryan Chapel, Chickamauga, GA, online
register book at
http://www.wilsonfuneralhome.com
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