Thomas William Shelton Obituary (1930 - 2018)

WINSTON-SALEM Thomas William Shelton, 87, passed away at his home on Saturday, October 27, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 am, Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at Colonial Funeral Home in Madison. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery with military honors provided by the Rockingham County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Mr. Shelton was born on November 25, 1930 in Madison, to the late Grady H. Shelton, Sr. and Annie B. Powell Shelton. Thomas served four years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict aboard the USS Walker and USS Lake Champlain. Upon discharge from the Navy, he enrolled in High Point College (now University), and graduated in three years with a BS degree in Business. He was employed by Washington Mills Co., in Mayodan, NC as an accountant and in 1967; he was transferred to Winston-Salem when the company became Washington Group. When the company was bought out by Tultex Apparel in 1984, Mr. Shelton was transferred to Martinsville, VA. After thirty-two years in the textile business he retired in 1987 and moved back to Winston-Salem. He was a member of Oak Summit United Methodist Church and taught the adult Sunday School class for thirty years. Tom loved playing golf and restoring cars, gardening and coaching Little League baseball. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Stephen Shelton; sisters, Kathleen Wilson and Peggy Martin; sister-in-law, Joeann Shelton and brother-in-law, Floyd Martin. He is survived by "the best thing that ever happened to me", his loving wife of fifty-three years, Kay Thompson Shelton, daughters, Cindy Shelton of Nashville, TN and Betsy S. Fuller (Wes) of Sullivans Island, SC; son, Mark Shelton (Jill) of Mooresville, NC; grandchildren, Brianna Shelton, Ashleigh Shelton, Logan Baumstark, Harper Fuller, Thomas Shelton Fuller, Watson Fuller and soon-to-arrive, Baby Girl Fuller; sister, Faye Short (Floyd); brothers, Grady Shelton, Jr., Ray Shelton (Delois); brother-in-law, Raymond Wilson and daughter-in-law, Robin Shelton. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to The ALS Association, 1275 K Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20005 and/or The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, 485 Half Day Road, Suite 350, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Colonial Funeral Home in Madison, North Carolina is serving the family.